Next Five Asteroid Approaches
BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
28 Feet
28Closest Earth Approach
348,000 Miles
348,000Name
Date
Sept. 26, 2023
HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
45 Feet
45Closest Earth Approach
816,000 Miles
816,000Name
Date
Sept. 26, 2023
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
74 Feet
74Closest Earth Approach
3,080,000 Miles
3,080,000Name
Date
Sept. 26, 2023HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
63 Feet
63Closest Earth Approach
3,980,000 Miles
3,980,000Name
Date
Sept. 26, 2023HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
62 Feet
62Closest Earth Approach
909,000 Miles
909,000Name
Date
Sept. 27, 2023About the Asteroid Watch Dashboard
The Asteroid Watch dashboard tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to Earth. The dashboard displays the date of closest approach, approximate object diameter, relative size and distance from Earth for each encounter. The object's name is displayed by hovering over its encounter date. Clicking on the encounter date will display a Web page with details about that object.
The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object.
The average distance between Earth and the moon is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers).