No impacts scheduled4 flagged hazardous this week42 rocks inbound, none of them aimed at youClosest: 2018 NE1 at 16.6 lunar distancesFastest: 2017 BK123 at 38.2 km/sStay calm and finish your teaNo impacts scheduled4 flagged hazardous this week42 rocks inbound, none of them aimed at youClosest: 2018 NE1 at 16.6 lunar distancesFastest: 2017 BK123 at 38.2 km/sStay calm and finish your tea

Still out there

Rock Dodger

Everything is fine. Probably.

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Hazardous

2016 JC6

NASA says "potentially hazardous", which is science for "big, nearby, and we checked, so relax".

Flyby to scale Earth (not to scale) Moon's entire orbit Misses us by 159.1 lunar distances
Drawn to one scale. The ring is the Moon's orbit. The rock passes 159.1x that far out (61,175,992 km), 153.0 times further out than any human has ever been. Ticks along the gap are 50 lunar distances each. Each 9-second loop is roughly 10 months of real flying at 14.8 km/s.
Width
141 to 316 m
about 1,144 bananas
Speed
14.80 km/s
53,296 km/h · 33,116 mph
Misses us by
159.1 lunar
61,175,992 km · 38,012,987 miles
  • That is 1,103 times the speed limit on a 30 zone. Nobody has fined it yet.
  • Line up 52 elephants to match its width. The elephants would like to be consulted first.
  • It passes in 7 days, which is 49 dog days. Your dog is already nervous, mostly about the post.
More unhelpful facts
  • If it did hit, that would release roughly 1,301 megatons of TNT, assuming solid rock. It will not, so enjoy the number.
  • Light crosses the gap in 204.06 seconds. That is not enough time to say "what was that".
  • Roughly 486 car tyres wide. Check the tread before you worry about the rock.

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Not even trying

2013 AZ52

163 lunar distances away. It is barely aware of us.

Flyby to scale Earth (not to scale) Moon's entire orbit Misses us by 163.1 lunar distances
Drawn to one scale. The ring is the Moon's orbit. The rock passes 163.1x that far out (62,720,241 km), 156.8 times further out than any human has ever been. Ticks along the gap are 50 lunar distances each. Each 9-second loop is roughly 9 months of real flying at 15.7 km/s.
Width
280 to 625 m
about 2,262 bananas
Speed
15.65 km/s
56,343 km/h · 35,010 mph
Misses us by
163.1 lunar
62,720,241 km · 38,972,539 miles
  • As fast as 1,259 Usain Bolts at top speed, none of whom have been told.
  • 1,758 large pizzas wide. Delivery in thirty minutes or it is free (it will not be free).
  • 1.64 Empire State Buildings tall, if you insist on laying New York on its side.
More unhelpful facts
  • It passes in 7 days, which is 49 dog days. Your dog is already nervous, mostly about the post.
  • Misses by 163.1 times the distance to the Moon. The Moon has not filed a complaint.
  • A snail would need 152,233 years to cover the gap. The snail would take the day off.

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