Asteroid 2012 VT6 is a near-Earth object catalogued by NASA under reference ID 3616702. Its estimated diameter is 64–143 m (average 103 m), inferred from brightness rather than measured directly. Its closest catalogued approach to Earth occurs on Thu, Oct 12, 2158, missing by 11,823,156 km — 30.74 lunar distances. NASA does not classify it as a potentially hazardous asteroid.
This score ranks how notable the asteroid approach is. It is not an impact prediction.
Closest approach
Size and brightness
Related close approaches
| Date | Orbiting | Miss (km) | Miss (LD) | Velocity (km/s) | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/06/08Mon, Jun 1, 1908 | Earth | 28,202,417 | 73.33 | 11.9 | 23 |
| 12/10/25Mon, Oct 12, 1925 | Earth | 15,348,575 | 39.91 | 10.5 | 22 |
| 07/10/39Sat, Oct 7, 1939 | Earth | 14,040,839 | 36.51 | 8.0 | 21 |
| 18/09/53Fri, Sep 18, 1953 | Earth | 27,079,414 | 70.41 | 5.8 | 20 |
| 08/06/67Thu, Jun 8, 1967 | Earth | 22,260,984 | 57.89 | 7.5 | 21 |
| 03/06/81Wed, Jun 3, 1981 | Earth | 24,945,514 | 64.87 | 10.9 | 22 |
| 14/10/98Wed, Oct 14, 1998 | Earth | 19,811,597 | 51.52 | 11.7 | 23 |
| 08/10/12Mon, Oct 8, 2012 | Earth | 12,472,806 | 32.43 | 8.6 | 21 |
| 30/09/26Wed, Sep 30, 2026 | Earth | 22,754,832 | 59.17 | 6.4 | 20 |
| 09/06/40Sat, Jun 9, 2040 | Earth | 23,816,083 | 61.93 | 7.0 | 20 |
| 05/06/54Fri, Jun 5, 2054 | Earth | 23,109,400 | 60.09 | 10.1 | 22 |
| 16/10/71Fri, Oct 16, 2071 | Earth | 22,010,910 | 57.24 | 12.2 | 23 |
| 10/10/85Wed, Oct 10, 2085 | Earth | 11,829,216 | 30.76 | 9.0 | 21 |
| 03/10/99Sat, Oct 3, 2099 | Earth | 20,385,738 | 53.01 | 6.7 | 20 |
| 11/06/13Sun, Jun 11, 2113 | Earth | 25,969,861 | 67.53 | 6.4 | 20 |
| 08/06/27Sun, Jun 8, 2127 | Earth | 22,253,266 | 57.87 | 9.5 | 22 |
| 18/10/44Sun, Oct 18, 2144 | Earth | 26,071,196 | 67.79 | 13.0 | 23 |
| 12/10/58Thu, Oct 12, 2158 | Earth | 11,823,156 | 30.74 | 9.5 | 22 |
| 06/10/72Tue, Oct 6, 2172 | Earth | 17,093,975 | 44.45 | 7.2 | 20 |
| 12/06/86Mon, Jun 12, 2186 | Earth | 28,601,121 | 74.37 | 5.9 | 20 |
| 27/07/86Thu, Jul 27, 2186 | Earth | 29,159,323 | 75.82 | 5.5 | 20 |
| 10/06/00Tue, Jun 10, 2200 | Earth | 22,002,334 | 57.21 | 8.8 | 21 |
Data source
All figures on this page come from NASA's Near Earth Object Web Service, maintained by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at JPL. The Orbitfall Index is calculated by Orbitfall from those values — see the methodology and the NASA asteroid tracker overview. For current passes, see asteroids passing Earth today.
Learn about close approaches
Today's catalogued close approaches, ranked.
What counts as a near-Earth object, and today's list.
What a close approach is and how it's measured.
Where the data comes from and how often it updates.
What NASA's PHA label does and doesn't mean.
1 LD = 384,400 km — the yardstick for flybys.
Why a close approach is a schedule, not a warning.
From first detection to orbit refinement.