Next Five Asteroid Approaches
BUS-SIZE
Approximate Size
35 Feet
35Closest Earth Approach
437,000 Miles
437,000Name
Date
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
110 Feet
110Closest Earth Approach
1,840,000 Miles
1,840,000Name
Date
HOUSE-SIZE
Approximate Size
56 Feet
56Closest Earth Approach
2,020,000 Miles
2,020,000Name
Date
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
67 Feet
67Closest Earth Approach
3,890,000 Miles
3,890,000Name
Date
AIRPLANE-SIZE
Approximate Size
72 Feet
72Closest Earth Approach
2,610,000 Miles
2,610,000Name
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).