(2018 VB10)
Far beyond Earth–Moon orbit
≈ 19.7 million km · 51× the Moon's distance
No impact trajectory detected.
33 days ago
Key metrics
- Distance
- 51.3 LD
- ≈ 19.7 million km
- Velocity
- 7.3 km/s
- 26340 km/h
- Estimated size
- 18 – 41 m
- 🏟️ ≈ a football field
- Approach time
- Tue, May 12 · 00:00 UTC
- 33 days ago
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 25.8
- Lower = brighter
- Status
- Passed
- Tracked by NASA NeoWs
3D Orbital path
Size comparison
(2018 VB10) is roughly the height of 10-story building.
Hypothetical impact energy
Would cause significant local destruction. Comparable to a large nuclear weapon.
What this means
This object passed at 51 LD — safely distant and of interest mainly to orbital surveys. No impact trajectory has been detected.
Approach timeline
Upcoming
- Thu, Apr 29 · 01:07 UTC32.83 LD12.6 million km8 km/s
- Wed, Apr 19 · 06:57 UTC37.03 LD14.2 million km9.5 km/s
- Thu, Apr 12 · 19:10 UTC62.68 LD24.1 million km11.6 km/s
- Thu, Nov 13 · 21:19 UTC69.43 LD26.7 million km12.8 km/s
- Wed, Nov 11 · 08:45 UTC32.62 LD12.5 million km10.3 km/s
- Wed, Nov 10 · 02:47 UTC7.62 LD2.9 million km8.2 km/s
Past
- Tue, May 12 · 15:57 UTC51.29 LD19.7 million km7.3 km/s
- Tue, May 12 · 00:00 UTC51.29 LD19.7 million km7.3 km/s
- Sat, May 31 · 14:36 UTC73.16 LD28.1 million km7.4 km/s
- Fri, Nov 20 · 10:49 UTC61.97 LD23.8 million km6.4 km/s
- Mon, Nov 11 · 03:27 UTC31.53 LD12.1 million km7 km/s
- Fri, Nov 9 · 16:32 UTC7.67 LD2.9 million km8.5 km/s
- Fri, Nov 10 · 22:48 UTC35.93 LD13.8 million km10.5 km/s
- Sun, Nov 13 · 09:11 UTC71.11 LD27.3 million km12.9 km/s
- Sat, Apr 14 · 22:10 UTC52.62 LD20.2 million km10.8 km/s
- Sat, Apr 22 · 01:51 UTC32.45 LD12.5 million km8.9 km/s
- Mon, May 2 · 12:14 UTC38.54 LD14.8 million km7.6 km/s
- Tue, May 19 · 18:30 UTC60.07 LD23.1 million km7.3 km/s
- Sat, Nov 14 · 13:05 UTC48.42 LD18.6 million km6.5 km/s
- Sun, Nov 9 · 06:18 UTC17.03 LD6.5 million km7.6 km/s
- Sat, Nov 10 · 09:31 UTC17.92 LD6.9 million km9.3 km/s
- Sun, Nov 12 · 07:18 UTC51.88 LD19.9 million km11.6 km/s
How we classify risk
Each object's risk class is computed locally from two NASA NeoWs signals: miss distance (in lunar distances) and estimated diameter. "Potentially hazardous" is NASA's own flag — applied when an object's orbit brings it within 0.05 AU of Earth and it's at least ~140 m across. That flag indicates monitoring interest, not an impact prediction.
Passes at a comfortable distance — routine flyby.
Close-but-comfortable. Interesting enough to highlight.
Inside 10 lunar distances — actively tracked.
Large object passing unusually close — refined each observation.