List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2015

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Below is the list of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2015.

Timeline of close approaches less than one lunar distance from Earth in 2015

A list of known near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2015.[note 1]

Date of
closest
approach		 Object Nominal geocentric
distance (AU)[note 2]		 Nominal geocentric
distance (LD)		 Size (m)
(approximate)		 (H) Closer
approach
to Moon
2015-01-14 2015 AQ43 0.00105 AU (157,000 km; 98,000 mi) 0.41 6–13 28.1[1]
2015-01-18 2015 BP513 0.0016 AU (240,000 km; 150,000 mi) 0.62 12–27 26.7[2] Yes
2015-01-20 2015 BE511 0.00108 AU (162,000 km; 100,000 mi) 0.42 4–9 28.9[3]
2015-02-11 2015 CH13 0.00189 AU (283,000 km; 176,000 mi) 0.73 5–11 28.5[4]
2015-02-17 2015 DD1 0.0002624 AU (39,250 km; 24,390 mi) 0.10 2–5 30.4[5]
2015-02-18 2015 DQ224 0.0007 AU (100,000 km; 65,000 mi) 0.3 3–9 29.3[6]
2015-03-10 2015 ET 0.000835 AU (124,900 km; 77,600 mi) 0.32 10–32 26.7[7]
2015-03-12 2015 EO6 0.00073 AU (109,000 km; 68,000 mi) 0.28 2–9 30.2[8]
2015-03-16 2015 FU344 0.00255 AU (381,000 km; 237,000 mi) 0.99 2–4 31.0[9]
2015-03-28 2015 FM118 0.002376 AU (355,400 km; 220,900 mi) 0.92 4–11 28.7[10]
2015-04-12 2015 GU 0.000739 AU (110,600 km; 68,700 mi) 0.29 5–11 28.4[11]
2015-04-16 2015 GL13 0.001241 AU (185,700 km; 115,400 mi) 0.48 4–9 28.8[12] Yes
2015-04-21 2015 HD1 0.000395 AU (59,100 km; 36,700 mi) 0.15 8–19 27.4[13]
2015-05-15 2015 JF1 0.00208 AU (311,000 km; 193,000 mi) 0.81 6–13 28.1[14] Yes
2015-05-23 2015 KW121 0.00191 AU (286,000 km; 178,000 mi) 0.74 12–40 26.1[15]
2015-06-08 2015 LF 0.001315 AU (196,700 km; 122,200 mi) 0.51 10–35 26.6[16]
2015-08-06 2015 PK 0.00053 AU (79,000 km; 49,000 mi) 0.21 5–15 28.1[17]
2015-09-22 2015 SK7 0.000178 AU (26,600 km; 16,500 mi) 0.069 3–14 28.9[18]
2015-10-13 2015 TC25 0.000741 AU (110,900 km; 68,900 mi) 0.288 3–9 29.5[19]
2015-10-22 2015 UM52 0.000871 AU (130,300 km; 81,000 mi) 0.34 7–16 27.8[20]
2015-11-05 2015 VP64 0.00187 AU (280,000 km; 174,000 mi) 0.73 5–13 28.3[21] Yes
2015-11-06 2015 VU64 0.000671 AU (100,400 km; 62,400 mi) 0.26 2–4 30.6[22]
2015-11-15 2015 VY105 0.000231 AU (34,600 km; 21,500 mi) 0.090 4–9 29.0[23]
2015-11-20 2015 WP2 0.00153 AU (229,000 km; 142,000 mi) 0.60 1–5 30.1[24] Yes
2015-12-13 2015 YJ 0.000477 AU (71,400 km; 44,300 mi) 0.19 5–18 28.0[25]
2015-12-15 2015 XY261 0.00193 AU (289,000 km; 179,000 mi) 0.75 8–25 27.1[26]

Notes

  1. ↑ For a list of current Earth close approaches see NEO Earth Close Approaches
  2. ↑ Distance from the center of Earth to the center of the object. See the NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics Glossary: Geocentric. Earth has a radius of approximately 6,400 km.

Additional examples

File:Skull2015-TB145.jpg
2015 TB145 was radar imaged in late October 2015

An example list of near-Earth asteroids that passed more than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2015.

  • 2015 AK1 (~50 meters in diameter) passed 5.57 lunar distances from Earth on 18 January 2015.[27]
  • 2015 BC (~60 meters in diameter) passed 1.64 lunar distances from Earth (1.50 lunar distances from the Moon) on 20 January 2015.[28]
  • (357439) 2004 BL86 (~700 meters in diameter) passed 3.1 lunar distances (1.2 million km) from Earth on 26 January 2015.
  • 2015 AZ43 (~70 meters in diameter) passed 0.0197 AU (2,950,000 km; 1,830,000 mi) from Earth on 15 February 2015.
  • 2014 YB35 (~500 meters in diameter) passed 11.7 lunar distances (4 million km) from Earth on 2015 Mar 27.
  • 2015 FW117 (~110 meters in diameter) passed 3.6 lunar distances (1.38 million km) (3.2 lunar distances from the Moon) (1.21 million km) on 1 April 2015.
  • 2015 HM10 (~80 meters in diameter) passed 1.15 lunar distances (440,000 km) (1.08 lunar distances from the Moon) (410,000 km) on 7 July 2015.
  • 2015 TQ21 (~15 meters in diameter) passed 1.005 lunar distances (390,000 km) on 7 October 2015
  • 2014 UR (~20 meters in diameter) passed 3.81 lunar distances (1.46 million km) from Earth on 18 October 2015.
  • 2015 TB145 (~600 meters in diameter) passed 1.3 lunar distances (480,000 km) (0.74 lunar distances from the Moon) (286,000 km) on 31 October 2015.
  • 2015 VO142 (~6 meters in diameter) passed 1.02 lunar distances (393,000 km) (0.85 lunar distances from the Moon) (327,000 km) on 24 November 2015
  • Risk-listed asteroid 2007 VE191 (~60 meters in diameter) was not observed when it probably passed roughly 0.5 AU (75,000,000 km; 46,000,000 mi) from the Earth on 27 November 2015.
  • 2015 YB initially calculated to make a close approach to Earth on 19 December 2015 turned out to be a much further away inner main-belt asteroid. On 31 December 2015 the asteroid received the designation 2015 YU9.

See also

References

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