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NASA / JPL ID: 3789686

Asteroid 2017 WK15 Close Approach

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36
Notable Pass
Orbitfall Index

Asteroid 2017 WK15 is a near-Earth object catalogued by NASA under reference ID 3789686. Its estimated diameter is 12–27 m (average 20 m), inferred from brightness rather than measured directly. Its closest catalogued approach to Earth occurs on Mon, Nov 27, 2017, missing by 3,356,020 km — 8.73 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-Nov-27 03:42
Miss distance (km)
3,356,020 km
Miss distance (LD)
8.73 LD
Miss distance (AU)
0.0224 AU
Relative velocity
5.6 km/s
Orbitfall Index
36/100

Size and brightness

Diameter range
12–27 m
Average diameter
20 m
Absolute magnitude
26.70

Related close approaches

DateOrbitingMiss (km)Miss (LD)Velocity (km/s)Index
06/10/01Earth56,362,307146.5615.119
30/09/60Earth72,588,664188.7518.320
06/01/68Earth50,601,533131.5814.218
15/01/09Earth74,255,289193.0918.820
27/11/17Earth3,356,0208.735.636
04/10/26Earth65,522,606170.3817.019

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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