Next Five Asteroid Approaches
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
96 Feet
96Closest Earth Approach
836,000 Miles
836,000Name
Date
March 18, 2024AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
140 Feet
140Closest Earth Approach
924,000 Miles
924,000Name
Date
March 18, 2024BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
32 Feet
32Closest Earth Approach
1,080,000 Miles
1,080,000Name
Date
March 18, 2024HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
50 Feet
50Closest Earth Approach
1,330,000 Miles
1,330,000Name
Date
March 18, 2024BUILDING-SIZE
Approximate Size
440 Feet
440Closest Earth Approach
4,480,000 Miles
4,480,000Name
Date
March 19, 2024About 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).