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Asteroid: (2018 YH)

Potentially hazardous 2026-Jul-30 19:10 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 70.79 LD of Earth. Approaches this close (within 71 LD) are recorded several times per month across all tracked near-Earth objects.

Size comparison

Estimated diameter: 113–254m — about the size of a city block.

If it were to strike Earth (it won't), the estimated impact energy would be approximately 41 megatons of TNT.

Closest distance
70.79 LD
27.2 million km
Relative velocity
7.25 km/s
26,116 km/h
Diameter estimate
~183m
113–254m range
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