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NASA / JPL ID: 3827426

Asteroid 2018 RV3 Close Approach

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Notable Pass
Orbitfall Index

Asteroid 2018 RV3 is a near-Earth object catalogued by NASA under reference ID 3827426. Its estimated diameter is 66–147 m (average 107 m), inferred from brightness rather than measured directly. Its closest catalogued approach to Mars occurs on Tue, Nov 7, 2079, missing by 9,214,761 km — 23.96 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
2079-Nov-07 11:46
Miss distance (km)
9,214,761 km
Miss distance (LD)
23.96 LD
Miss distance (AU)
0.0616 AU
Relative velocity
10.0 km/s
Orbitfall Index
22/100

Size and brightness

Diameter range
66–147 m
Average diameter
107 m
Absolute magnitude
23.03

Related close approaches

DateOrbitingMiss (km)Miss (LD)Velocity (km/s)Index
30/08/09Earth72,733,157189.1321.127
06/09/11Earth54,546,485141.8418.126
11/09/13Earth37,480,82897.4615.325
10/01/14Earth71,049,839184.756.820
16/09/15Earth22,178,34957.6712.923
20/09/17Earth14,322,97037.2411.122
25/09/19Earth22,394,25758.239.922
29/09/21Earth37,666,71497.949.722
03/10/23Earth55,382,611144.0110.522
21/09/25Earth73,170,316190.2710.622
31/08/12Earth70,489,002183.2920.827
06/09/14Earth52,802,899137.3017.826
11/09/16Earth35,689,84492.8015.124
10/01/17Earth69,987,051181.996.720
17/09/18Earth20,424,42053.1112.623
21/09/20Earth14,810,33438.5110.922
26/09/22Earth24,364,88963.369.822
29/09/24Earth40,295,025104.789.722
23/04/25Mars9,996,39925.9910.422
02/10/26Earth57,656,025149.9210.422
07/11/79Mars9,214,76123.9610.022
04/09/15Earth64,590,253167.9519.827
09/09/17Earth46,928,879122.0316.925
15/09/19Earth30,113,20578.3014.224
07/01/20Earth66,844,118173.826.020
19/09/21Earth17,231,20344.8112.023
24/09/23Earth16,857,69643.8410.422
28/09/25Earth29,858,59277.649.622
02/10/27Earth46,173,272120.069.822
30/09/29Earth63,908,812166.1810.522

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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