A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 GN20 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.98 LD / 0.00252 AU (376 986 km / 234 248 miles) on April 12, 2019. 2019 GN20 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey on April 9 and...
April 15, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 GC6 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.57 LD / 0.00147 AU (219 908 km / 136 645 miles) on April 18, 2019. The object was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey, Arizona on April 9. It belongs to the Apollo group of...
April 10, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 FV1 flew past Earth at 0.87 LD / 0.00223 AU (333 603 km / 207 291 miles) on March 31, 2019. This is the 15th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and 7th this month. 2019 FV1...
April 01, 2019
A relatively large asteroid designated 2019 FC1 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.27 LD / 0.00069 (103 222 km / 64 132 miles) on March 28, 2019. This is the largest known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance so far this year. Asteroid 2019 FC1 belongs to...
March 31, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 FQ flew past Earth at 0.86 LD / 0.00220 (329 115 km / 204 502 miles) on March 23, 2019. This is the 13th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and 5th this month. The object...
March 27, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid flew past our planet at 0.60 LD / 0.00154 AU (230 380 km / 143 141 miles) on March 16, 2019. This is the 12th asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year, including 2019 EA expected to fly past us on March...
March 18, 2019
Asteroid designated 2019 EN2 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.86 LD / 0.00221 AU (330 611 km / 205 432 miles) on March 13, 2019, one day before it was discovered. This object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at Palomar Mountain...
March 17, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 DG2 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.61 LD / 0.00158 AU (237 112 km / 147 334 miles) on February 26, 2019. This was the first of two known asteroid flybys within 1 lunar distance on February 26. 2019 DG2 was first...
March 13, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 EA2 will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.80 LD / 0.00204 AU (305 179 km / 189 629 miles) on March 22, 2019. This is one of the rare asteroids our sky surveys have discovered before its close approach to our planet. This...
March 11, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 BZ3 flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.13 LD / 0.00032 AU (47 871 km / 29 745 miles) on January 27, 2019. This is the 5th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year....
January 29, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 BV1 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.35 LD / 0.00090 AU (134 638 km / 83 660 miles) on January 24, 2019. This is the 4th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year. This near-Earth...
January 27, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 AE9 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.26 LD / 0.00067 AU (100 230 km / 62 280 miles) on January 12, 2019. This is the second known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 LD since the start of the year. It comes just 4 days...
January 13, 2019
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 YL2 flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.15 LD / 0.00040 AU (59 839 km / 37 182 miles) on December 27, 2018. This object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at ATLAS-MLO, Mauna Loa,...
December 30, 2018
Four new <1 LD Apollo-class asteroids were detected at Catalina and Mt. Lemmon sky surveys on November 17, 2018. Three of them, including the second closest of the year, flew past our planet on November 16 and 18 while the fourth is expected at 23:23 UTC today,...
November 19, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 UL flew past Earth at 0.57 LD / 0.00148 AU (221 404 km / 137 574 miles) on October 17, 2018. This is now the 57th known asteroid to fly by Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and 4th this month. It...
October 19, 2018
Two newly discovered asteroids - 2018 SM and SD2 - flew past Earth within 1 lunar distance on September 15 and 25, 2018. Asteroid SD2 is now the 51st known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and 11th this month, making...
September 30, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 SC will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.70 LD / 0.00180 (296 276 km / 167 320 miles) at 14:46 UTC on September 18, 2018. This object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and has an estimated diameter between 6.9 and 15...
September 18, 2018
Two newly discovered asteroids - 2018 RY5 and 2018 RZ5 - flew past Earth within 1 lunar distance on September 12, 2018, one day before they were first observed. RZ5 is one of the closest known asteroids to flyby us this year and RY5 one of the biggest (nominal...
September 14, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 RJ3 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.44 LD / 0.00112 AU (167 549 km / 104 110 miles) on September 7, 2018. This is the 6th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since September 3, including 2018 RW on...
September 10, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 RE2 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.99 LD / 0.00255 AU (381 474 km / 237 037 miles). 2018 RE2 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at Palomar Mountain (ZTF) on September 7, one day after it...
September 09, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 RR1 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.94 LD / 0.00242 AU (362 026 km / 224 953 miles) on September 3, 2018. This object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at Mt. Lemmon Survey on September 7,...
September 09, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 RW flew past Earth at a distance of 0.44 LD / 0.00114 AU (170 541 km / 105 969 miles) at 05:18 UTC on September 8, 2018. This is the 43rd known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance this year and the second since...
September 08, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 RS flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.28 LD / 0.00071 AU (106 214 km / 65 998 miles) on September 5, 2018, one day before it was discovered. Asteroid 2018 RS belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was...
September 07, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 CS1 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.90 LD / 0.00230 (~ 344 075 km / 213 798 miles) on February 4, 2018, 3 days before it was first observed. A total of 13 known asteroids flew past us within 1 lunar distance since the...
February 11, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.17 LD / 0.00043 AU (~64 327 km / 39 970 miles) on February 9, 2018. This is the 10th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and, 9th since January...
February 05, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 CC will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.50 LD / 0.00128 AU (~191 485 km / 118 983 miles) on February 6, 2018. This is the 9th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year, 8th since...
February 05, 2018
A small asteroid designated 2018 BR1, first observed on January 17 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.33 LD / 0.00088 (~131 646 km / 81 801 miles) on January 16, 2018. This is now the 5th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance in 4 days and the 6th...
January 20, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 BX will flyby Earth at 0.73 LD / 0.00188 AU (~281 243 km / 174 756 miles) at 23:00 UTC on January 19, 2018. This is the second known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance today, the other one will fly by at 20:22...
January 19, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 BW flew past Earth at a distance of 0.43 LD / 0.00112 (~167 549 km / 104 110 miles) at 15:13 UTC on January 15, 2018, 2 days before it was first observed. This is the 4th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar...
January 18, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 BD flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.10 LD / 0.00026 AU (~38 895 km / 24 168 miles) at 15:43 UTC on January 18, 2018, some 7 hours after it was discovered. This is the fourth closest approach to our planet...
January 18, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 BC will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.73 LD / 0.00189 AU (~ 282 739 km / 175 686 miles) on January 19, 2018. This is the second known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since January 1, 2018, and 55th since...
January 18, 2018
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2017 VL2 flew past Earth at 0.31 LD / 0.00079 AU (~118 182 km / 73 435 miles) on November 9, 2017, one day before it was discovered. This is the 48th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the...
November 14, 2017
A small Apollo-class asteroid named 2012 TC4 will safely flyby Earth at 06:07 UTC ( ± 02:51) on October 12, 2012. This asteroid has not ben seen since it was discovered in October 2012, when it flew past Earth at about 0.25 LD (¼ the distance from...
July 13, 2017