(2022 UL6)
Far beyond Earth–Moon orbit
≈ 72.5 million km · 189× the Moon's distance
No impact trajectory detected.
13 days ago
Key metrics
- Distance
- 188.6 LD
- ≈ 72.5 million km
- Velocity
- 8.1 km/s
- 29118 km/h
- Estimated size
- 32 – 70 m
- 🏟️ ≈ a football field
- Approach time
- Thu, Apr 16 · 00:00 UTC
- 13 days ago
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 24.6
- Lower = brighter
- Status
- Passed
- Tracked by NASA NeoWs
3D Orbital path
Size comparison
(2022 UL6) is about 155% 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 189 LD — safely distant and of interest mainly to orbital surveys. No impact trajectory has been detected.
Approach timeline
Upcoming
- Fri, Nov 18 · 03:41 UTC30.74 LD11.8 million km5.3 km/s
- Thu, Nov 4 · 10:13 UTC18.6 LD7.1 million km4.4 km/s
- Mon, Nov 8 · 03:10 UTC13.23 LD5.1 million km4.3 km/s
Past
- Thu, Apr 16 · 00:00 UTC188.6 LD72.5 million km8.1 km/s
- Fri, Nov 4 · 22:56 UTC17.51 LD6.7 million km4.4 km/s
- Sat, Nov 4 · 02:16 UTC19.46 LD7.5 million km4.4 km/s
- Sun, Nov 24 · 05:04 UTC58.37 LD22.4 million km7 km/s
- Tue, Oct 21 · 05:54 UTC51.7 LD19.9 million km5.9 km/s
- Sat, Nov 13 · 18:20 UTC20.03 LD7.7 million km4.8 km/s
- Tue, Nov 8 · 16:55 UTC12.54 LD4.8 million km4.4 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.