Asteroid 2023 EN flew past Earth at 0.3 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2023 EN flew past Earth at a distance of 0.3 LD / 0.00091 (136 134 km / 84 589 miles) from the center of our planet at 11:25 UTC on March 9, 2023.
Asteroid 2023 BU to fly past Earth at 0.03 LD on January 27 – fourth closest on record
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2023 BU will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.026 LD / 0.00007 AU (9 877 km / 6 137 miles) from the center of our planet at 21:17 UTC (± 02:22) on January 26, 2023.
Asteroid 2023 AV flew past Earth at just 0.04 LD on January 12
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2023 AV flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.04 LD / 0.00010 AU (15 551 km / 9 663 miles) from the center of our planet at 20:09 UTC on January 12, 2023. That’s approximately 9 180 km (5 704 miles) from the surface.
Asteroid 2022 YA6 flew past Earth at 0.3 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 YA6 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.369 LD / 0.00095 AU (141 711 km / 88 055 miles) at 07:59 UTC on December 26, 2022.
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 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.