Asteroid 2022 YO1 flew past Earth at just 0.07 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 YO1 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.07 LD / 0.00018 AU (27 627 km / 17 167 miles) at 18:40 UTC on December 17, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 XX to fly past Earth at 0.5 LD on December 14
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 XX will fly past Earth at 0.5 LD / 0.00139 AU (208 456 km / 129 529 miles) at 10:43 UTC on December 14, 2022. This is the 116th known asteroid to fly past Earth since the start of the year.
Asteroid 2022 WN9 flew past Earth at just 0.12 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 WN9 flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.12 LD / 0.00032 AU (48 384 km / 30 065 miles) at 22:32 UTC on November 27, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 WM7 flew past Earth at just 0.2 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 WM7 flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.2 LD / 0.00053 AU (78 549 km / 48 808 miles) at 02:24 UTC on November 28, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 WJ1 impacts Earth over Niagara Falls – the 6th asteroid detected before impact
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 WJ1 impacted Earth’s atmosphere over Niagara Falls at 08:27 UTC on November 19, 2022, becoming the 6th asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth.
Asteroid 2022 UU63 flew past Earth at 0.2 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 UU63 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.197 LD / 0.00051 AU (75 683 km / 47 027 miles) at 21:01 UTC on October 27, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 UQ40 flew past Earth at just 0.2 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 UQ40 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.25 LD / 0.00232 AU (94 683 km / 58 833 miles) at 02:49 UTC on October 24, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 UW16 flew past Earth at just 0.1 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 UW16 flew past Earth at just 0.1 LD / 0.00026 AU (38 516 km / 23 933 miles) at 10:16 UTC on October 29, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 UR4 flew past Earth at 0.04 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 UR4 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.04 LD / 0.00011 AU (17 043 km / 10 591 miles) from the center of our planet at 22:45 UTC on October 20, 2022.
Asteroid 2022 TD to fly past Earth at 0.9 LD on October 6
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 TD will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.96 LD / 0.0024 AU (372 498 km / 231 459 miles) at 03:53 UTC on October 6, 2022. This is the 84th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year.