(2020 BK13)
Far beyond Earth–Moon orbit
≈ 67.4 million km · 175× the Moon's distance
No impact trajectory detected.
46 days ago
Key metrics
- Distance
- 175.4 LD
- ≈ 67.4 million km
- Velocity
- 23 km/s
- 82867 km/h
- Estimated size
- 5 – 12 m
- 🚌 ≈ a school bus
- Approach time
- Sat, Aug 1 · 00:00 UTC
- 46 days ago
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 28.5
- Lower = brighter
- Status
- Passed
- Tracked by NASA NeoWs
3D Orbital path
Size comparison
(2020 BK13) is about 78% of School bus.
Hypothetical impact energy
Would likely explode in the atmosphere as a fireball (airburst). Minor ground damage possible.
What this means
This object passed at 175 LD — safely distant and of interest mainly to orbital surveys. No impact trajectory has been detected.
Approach timeline
Upcoming
- Sat, Aug 26 · 19:14 UTC13.79 LD5.3 million km9.3 km/s
- Mon, Aug 23 · 10:40 UTC14.8 LD5.7 million km10.6 km/s
- Thu, Feb 3 · 12:24 UTC34.49 LD13.3 million km12.5 km/s
- Tue, Sep 28 · 02:31 UTC61.53 LD23.7 million km7 km/s
- Wed, Jan 28 · 07:02 UTC1.05 LD404,464 km9.9 km/s
Past
- Sat, Aug 1 · 00:00 UTC175.38 LD67.4 million km23 km/s
- Tue, Jan 28 · 02:42 UTC1.51 LD579,416 km9.9 km/s
- Wed, Aug 29 · 19:24 UTC14.45 LD5.6 million km9.4 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.