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NASA / JPL ID: 3747498

Asteroid 2016 FB Close Approach

Not flagged as hazardousNASA/JPL page
31
Notable Pass
Orbitfall Index

Asteroid 2016 FB is a near-Earth object catalogued by NASA under reference ID 3747498. Its estimated diameter is 49–110 m (average 79 m), inferred from brightness rather than measured directly. Its closest catalogued approach to Earth occurs on Sun, Mar 20, 2016, missing by 5,770,759 km — 15.01 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

Approach date
2016-Mar-20 03:43
Miss distance (km)
5,770,759 km
Miss distance (LD)
15.01 LD
Miss distance (AU)
0.0386 AU
Relative velocity
10.7 km/s
Orbitfall Index
31/100

Size and brightness

Diameter range
49–110 m
Average diameter
79 m
Absolute magnitude
23.67

Related close approaches

DateOrbitingMiss (km)Miss (LD)Velocity (km/s)Index
18/03/23Earth5,952,89815.4810.530
16/09/26Earth69,080,703179.6311.221
04/03/30Earth57,226,862148.8114.023
09/04/32Mars12,902,05333.558.820
06/10/33Earth62,491,451162.5010.921
30/10/40Earth59,024,774153.489.621
02/04/41Earth46,483,435120.8714.923
17/03/48Earth8,724,36022.6910.521
19/09/51Earth67,970,260176.7411.221
01/03/55Earth66,408,967172.6815.324
11/10/58Earth61,205,809159.1510.721
28/03/66Earth29,506,51676.7312.822
05/09/69Earth72,696,876189.0311.121
11/03/73Earth28,931,87475.2311.221
26/09/76Earth65,240,232169.6411.221
08/04/84Earth66,094,762171.8717.825
05/08/90Mars9,127,31423.739.120
22/03/91Earth8,615,24022.4010.921
13/09/94Earth70,295,134182.7911.221
06/03/98Earth46,723,871121.5012.822
02/10/01Earth63,671,001165.5611.021
25/10/08Earth59,526,585154.7910.021
05/04/09Earth56,539,051147.0216.424
20/03/16Earth5,770,75915.0110.731
14/09/19Earth70,277,400182.7411.221
07/03/23Earth44,934,923116.8412.722
01/10/26Earth64,412,687167.4911.121
21/10/33Earth60,241,128156.6510.321
09/04/34Earth66,826,124173.7717.925
25/03/41Earth19,021,97249.4611.722
11/03/48Earth27,735,33572.1211.121
27/02/55Earth74,745,448194.3616.624
31/03/66Earth39,100,080101.6713.923
17/03/73Earth9,280,01224.1310.521
18/09/76Earth68,400,316177.8611.322
02/03/80Earth60,470,297157.2414.623
09/10/83Earth62,513,781162.5510.921
02/11/90Earth59,643,533155.099.521
03/04/91Earth45,743,212118.9514.823
30/08/94Earth74,687,339194.2110.921
18/03/98Earth7,871,42020.4710.521
20/09/01Earth68,021,054176.8811.322
02/03/05Earth64,157,048166.8315.123
07/11/12Mars10,123,98126.339.120
08/03/48Earth43,237,643112.4312.522
04/10/51Earth64,074,941166.6111.121
27/10/58Earth60,131,356156.3610.021
08/04/59Earth58,485,245152.0816.624
22/03/66Earth6,139,36815.9610.729
15/09/69Earth70,021,703182.0811.322
28/02/71Mars11,479,09729.859.220
08/03/73Earth45,189,473117.5112.822

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.

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NASA asteroid tracker

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Potentially hazardous asteroids

What NASA's PHA label does and doesn't mean.

Lunar distance explained

1 LD = 384,400 km — the yardstick for flybys.

Close approach explained

Why a close approach is a schedule, not a warning.

How NASA tracks asteroids

From first detection to orbit refinement.