Space
The next asteroids to pass Earth
These are the next asteroids NASA expects to pass within 10 times the Moon's distance of Earth, soonest first. Each one's page says when it passes, how close it comes and how big it may be. Most are small rocks found only days or weeks before they arrive, so the list changes daily.
Upcoming flybys
| Asteroid | Date | Moon distances |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 TV8 | Oct 21, 2026 | 4.75 |
| 2026 TK77 | Oct 22, 2026 | 9.64 |
| 2026 TV86 | Oct 23, 2026 | 5.62 |
| 2026 UA1 | Oct 23, 2026 | 0.58 |
| 2026 UE | Oct 25, 2026 | 5.23 |
| 2026 TB8 | Oct 25, 2026 | 7.06 |
| 2026 TB94 | Oct 27, 2026 | 5.1 |
| 2026 UB1 | Oct 28, 2026 | 9.51 |
| 2025 UK9 | Oct 31, 2026 | 0.82 |
| 2021 VC4 | Nov 3, 2026 | 5.96 |
| 2015 VH65 | Nov 10, 2026 | 9.69 |
| 2023 VF3 | Nov 11, 2026 | 8.43 |
| 2019 XF2 | Dec 4, 2026 | 3.1 |
| 2010 VQ | Dec 12, 2026 | 4.56 |
| 2025 XN6 | Dec 12, 2026 | 6.91 |
Source and notes
NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), SBDB Close Approach Data (Public domain (NASA data); credit NASA/JPL-Caltech CNEOS), as of October 21, 2026.
One Moon distance is the Moon's average distance from Earth, about 384,400 km (238,900 miles); distances are measured from Earth's center. JPL works out each flyby from the asteroid's orbit, so flybys before it was found are calculated backward, and its range for a distance shows how sure it is. Orbits are refined as asteroids are observed, so the numbers can change. When nobody has measured an asteroid, its size is estimated from its brightness, assuming it reflects between 5% and 25% of the sunlight that hits it, as NASA does. Asteroids with any known chance of hitting Earth in the next century are on NASA's Sentry list.