Next Five Asteroid Approaches
HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
47 Feet
47Closest Earth Approach
1,300,000 Miles
1,300,000Name
Date
Dec. 15, 2024
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
200 Feet
200Closest Earth Approach
4,350,000 Miles
4,350,000Name
Date
Dec. 15, 2024AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
140 Feet
140Closest Earth Approach
1,730,000 Miles
1,730,000Name
Date
Dec. 16, 2024AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
71 Feet
71Closest Earth Approach
2,180,000 Miles
2,180,000Name
Date
Dec. 16, 2024HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
56 Feet
56Closest Earth Approach
4,150,000 Miles
4,150,000Name
Date
Dec. 16, 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).