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Asteroid: 173561 (2000 YV137)

Potentially hazardous 2026-Aug-09 05:12 UTC

Potentially hazardous by NASA classification — Classified hazardous by NASA due to its size — passing safely. No known asteroid poses an impact risk in the next 100+ years.

Historical context

This object passes within 13.06 LD of Earth. Approaches this close (within 14 LD) are recorded several times per month across all tracked near-Earth objects.

Size comparison

Estimated diameter: 566–1265m — the width of a small town.

If it were to strike Earth (it won't), the estimated impact energy would be approximately 25,162 megatons of TNT.

Closest distance
13.06 LD
5.0 million km
Relative velocity
16.19 km/s
58,299 km/h
Diameter estimate
~915m
566–1265m range
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