Tiny asteroid 2026 JH2 to skim past Earth at 56,000 miles, NASA says
TL;DR
A newly discovered Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid, 2026 JH2, roughly 50–100 feet across, will pass about 56,000 miles from Earth on Monday—significantly closer than the Moon—with no expected impact risk as orbital data are refined; a live stream of the encounter will begin around 5:45 p.m. ET.
- Newly discovered asteroid will make a close, but safe, encounter with Earth ABC7 Los Angeles
- Newly discovered asteroid to pass closer to Earth than the moon Monday NBC News
- Watch tonight's asteroid near-miss live online, as the enormous space rock zips past our planet BBC Sky at Night Magazine
- Near-Earth Object 2026 JH2 Ranks Zero on the Loeb Scale Avi Loeb – Medium
- How Did We Miss the Asteroid That Will Narrowly Miss Us? Nautilus | Science
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