Next Five Asteroid Approaches
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
75 Feet
75Closest Earth Approach
771,000 Miles
771,000Name
Date
Oct. 8, 2024AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
170 Feet
170Closest Earth Approach
3,150,000 Miles
3,150,000Name
Date
Oct. 8, 2024
BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
31 Feet
31Closest Earth Approach
141,000 Miles
141,000Name
Date
Oct. 9, 2024BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
32 Feet
32Closest Earth Approach
415,000 Miles
415,000Name
Date
Oct. 9, 2024BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
29 Feet
29Closest Earth Approach
1,210,000 Miles
1,210,000Name
Date
Oct. 9, 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).