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This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin
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Asteroid Watch
Next Five Asteroid Approaches
Eyes on Asteroids
Fast Facts

Next Five Asteroid Approaches

HOUSE-SIZE

Approximate Size

58 Feet

58
|

Closest Earth Approach

2,890,000 Miles

2,890,000
|

Name

(2023 FU3)

Date

March 28, 2023

AIRPLANE-SIZE

Approximate Size

79 Feet

79
|

Closest Earth Approach

2,830,000 Miles

2,830,000
|

Name

(2022 YK4)

Date

March 29, 2023

HOUSE-SIZE

Approximate Size

46 Feet

46
|

Closest Earth Approach

1,230,000 Miles

1,230,000
|

Name

(2017 SE12)

Date

March 30, 2023

BUILDING-SIZE

Approximate Size

260 Feet

260
|

Closest Earth Approach

3,070,000 Miles

3,070,000
|

Name

(2023 EK2)

Date

March 30, 2023

AIRPLANE-SIZE

Approximate Size

140 Feet

140
|

Closest Earth Approach

4,520,000 Miles

4,520,000
|

Name

(2023 FR1)

Date

March 30, 2023

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).

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