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Asteroids passing Earth

Space rocks whose orbits bring them within about 19.5 times the Moon’s distance of Earth over the next year, with the date, distance and speed NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) computes for each pass.

Data retrieved 2026-10-24 18:52 UTC · Source: NASA/JPL Close Approach Data

A close approach is not an impact prediction. It is a pass at a stated distance. JPL lists these objects because their orbits are known well enough to compute the pass. None of the objects on this page is predicted to hit Earth.

Not a complete list, not an alert service. Small objects are often found only days before or after they pass, so future passes are always under-counted. Nothing here is a warning.

Summary

Next 7 days
9
Next 30 days
21
Next 60 days
31
Next 365 days
148
Nearest nominal pass, next year
0.82 LD(2025 UK9), 2026-10-31 02:34 UTC, 315,000 km

Counts are approaches JPL lists within 0.05 au (about 19.5 lunar distances) of Earth. “Nominal” is JPL’s best-estimate distance; the true value lies within a stated range.

Closest approaches

The five smallest nominal distances in the next 60 days. The bar shows JPL’s 3-sigma distance range and the dot the nominal value, on a logarithmic scale where the line marks the Moon’s distance. The range can be wide: the true pass could be nearer or farther than the dot.

Time window
  1. (2025 UK9) (JPL record, opens in new tab)2026-10-31 02:34 UTC

    0.82 LD nominal (315,000 km); 3-sigma range 0.22 to 1.47 LD

  2. (2019 XF2) (JPL record, opens in new tab)2026-12-04 00:34 UTC

    3.10 LD nominal (1,190,000 km); 3-sigma range 1.19 to 24.8 LD

  3. (2010 VQ) (JPL record, opens in new tab)2026-12-12 04:54 UTC

    4.56 LD nominal (1,750,000 km); 3-sigma range 4.56 to 4.56 LD

  4. (2026 TB94) (JPL record, opens in new tab)2026-10-27 01:09 UTC

    5.08 LD nominal (1,950,000 km); 3-sigma range 5.06 to 5.11 LD

  5. (2026 UE) (JPL record, opens in new tab)2026-10-25 05:49 UTC

    5.23 LD nominal (2,010,000 km); 3-sigma range 5.16 to 5.29 LD

All listed approaches

Showing 20 of 31 approaches in the next 60 days, sorted by date: soonest first.

Understanding the numbers

Lunar distance (LD)
The average distance from Earth to the Moon, 384,400 km. An approach at 5 LD passes five times farther away than the Moon. Kilometres are converted from JPL's distance in astronomical units (1 au = 149,597,871 km).
Nominal distance and the 3-sigma range
The nominal distance is JPL's best estimate. The 3-sigma range is the span JPL is highly confident (about 99.7 %) contains the true value. For some objects it is very wide, so read the range, not just the dot.
What the distance is measured to
JPL's documentation calls it the "nominal approach distance" and does not say whether it is measured from Earth's centre or its surface. This page therefore never converts it into a height above the ground and makes no claim about clearance.
Time and timing uncertainty
Times are predictions, shown in UTC. JPL publishes them on the TDB time scale, about 69 seconds ahead of UTC; that offset is removed here. Each carries a 3-sigma timing uncertainty, which can be days for objects with poorly known orbits, and dates shift when orbits are refined.
Absolute magnitude (H)
How bright the object would be at a standard distance from Earth and the Sun. A higher H means a fainter object. Faint usually means small, but brightness also depends on how reflective the surface is, so H alone does not give a size, and this page does not turn it into one.
Measured diameter
Shown only when JPL's database holds a measured or known diameter, with its 1-sigma uncertainty if supplied. Most small objects have never been measured, so most show "Not measured". We do not estimate sizes from brightness.
Speed vs Earth
The object's speed relative to Earth at closest approach, in km/s. It is not a measure of size, energy or danger.
What is not shown
JPL classifications such as "potentially hazardous", and impact-risk lists, are different concepts and are deliberately not mixed into this page. Passes farther than about 19.5 LD are not collected.

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