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NASA / JPL ID: 3782014

Asteroid 2017 SX20 Close Approach

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Quiet Pass
Orbitfall Index

Asteroid 2017 SX20 is a near-Earth object catalogued by NASA under reference ID 3782014. Its estimated diameter is 39–88 m (average 64 m), inferred from brightness rather than measured directly. Its closest catalogued approach to Earth occurs on Mon, Oct 2, 2017, missing by 14,812,396 km — 38.52 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
2017-Oct-02 22:24
Miss distance (km)
14,812,396 km
Miss distance (LD)
38.52 LD
Miss distance (AU)
0.0990 AU
Relative velocity
13.3 km/s
Orbitfall Index
22/100

Size and brightness

Diameter range
39–88 m
Average diameter
64 m
Absolute magnitude
24.14

Related close approaches

DateOrbitingMiss (km)Miss (LD)Velocity (km/s)Index
25/09/08Earth58,988,543153.3917.224
29/09/11Earth39,696,015103.2215.223
01/10/14Earth22,447,37558.3713.922
02/10/17Earth14,812,39638.5213.322
04/10/20Earth26,133,33467.9513.522
06/10/23Earth44,106,556114.6914.522
06/10/26Earth63,429,518164.9416.023

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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