Next Five Asteroid Approaches
BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
36 Feet
36Closest Earth Approach
947,000 Miles
947,000Name
Date
HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
47 Feet
47Closest Earth Approach
1,580,000 Miles
1,580,000Name
Date
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
170 Feet
170Closest Earth Approach
2,510,000 Miles
2,510,000Name
Date
BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
39 Feet
39Closest Earth Approach
3,190,000 Miles
3,190,000Name
Date
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
93 Feet
93Closest Earth Approach
3,880,000 Miles
3,880,000Name
Date
About 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).