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Asteroid close approaches in August 2018

53 asteroids passed within 0.05 AU of Earth in August 2018 - that is about 7.5 million km, or 19.5 lunar distances (LD). Click any name for full details.

2018 PD9 01 Aug, 09:10 5.31 LD 6.2 km/s 9-20 m 2018 PR24 01 Aug, 12:43 14.26 LD 14.1 km/s 28-63 m 2018 PP9 03 Aug, 14:52 1.63 LD 6.1 km/s 18-41 m 2018 PJ20 03 Aug, 16:01 6.11 LD 13.1 km/s 10-23 m 2023 CU 03 Aug, 17:29 2.67 LD 4.8 km/s 10-21 m 2018 PZ21 03 Aug, 20:51 6.83 LD 5.7 km/s 12-27 m 2018 PY7 03 Aug, 21:03 1.07 LD 10 km/s 12-26 m 2018 QJ1 05 Aug, 07:52 8.26 LD 9.5 km/s 28-62 m 2018 PR7 06 Aug, 01:59 1.36 LD 4.3 km/s 5-12 m 2018 OZ 06 Aug, 12:02 6.97 LD 9.6 km/s 28-62 m 2018 PC 06 Aug, 13:43 12.04 LD 9.3 km/s 44-99 m 2018 PC20 06 Aug, 20:57 11.13 LD 8 km/s 24-54 m 2018 PO20 07 Aug, 01:06 7.48 LD 6.8 km/s 13-30 m 2018 QQ 07 Aug, 23:25 15.18 LD 4.7 km/s 20-46 m 2018 PN22 09 Aug, 08:17 6.21 LD 2.4 km/s 8-19 m 2020 CD3 09 Aug, 12:37 0.79 LD 1.5 km/s 1-3 m 2018 QX 10 Aug, 13:04 5.52 LD 4.9 km/s 12-26 m 2018 PM10 10 Aug, 14:17 3.21 LD 7.8 km/s 11-24 m 2018 PD20 10 Aug, 14:34 0.09 LD 12 km/s 9-20 m 2019 CO1 11 Aug, 04:06 5.16 LD 10.2 km/s 46-104 m 2018 QS 14 Aug, 11:33 4.49 LD 9.8 km/s 15-33 m 2018 PN20 15 Aug, 05:30 15.25 LD 11.4 km/s 25-57 m 2018 PY23 15 Aug, 20:50 1.32 LD 25.1 km/s 7-16 m 2018 PM20 16 Aug, 19:11 8.02 LD 9 km/s 15-33 m 2018 PT23 16 Aug, 21:07 5.57 LD 15.8 km/s 33-75 m 2018 PV24 17 Aug, 21:09 1.18 LD 6.6 km/s 3-7 m 2018 PL10 18 Aug, 03:49 19.3 LD 12.6 km/s 97-216 m 2018 PO22 18 Aug, 08:43 8.85 LD 11.1 km/s 67-149 m 2018 PK20 18 Aug, 18:12 7.9 LD 8.3 km/s 18-39 m 2018 QZ 19 Aug, 05:32 6.61 LD 9.5 km/s 37-82 m 2020 QW3 19 Aug, 09:28 11.69 LD 17.9 km/s 22-49 m 2018 QE 20 Aug, 03:18 2.79 LD 4.5 km/s 7-15 m 2018 QA1 21 Aug, 06:00 12.2 LD 11.2 km/s 58-130 m 2018 QR1 21 Aug, 21:10 0.23 LD 18 km/s 10-21 m 2018 PK9 22 Aug, 16:34 16.99 LD 9 km/s 23-52 m 2018 PW7 23 Aug, 09:49 11.31 LD 10.6 km/s 35-79 m 2018 QF1 23 Aug, 17:05 18.02 LD 14.3 km/s 56-124 m 2018 PU23 23 Aug, 20:57 7.8 LD 1.5 km/s 6-14 m 2018 QS1 24 Aug, 09:51 1.17 LD 13.5 km/s 8-18 m 2018 PR9 24 Aug, 12:24 17.77 LD 13.8 km/s 33-74 m 2025 QK17 25 Aug, 11:22 12.23 LD 11 km/s 3-6 m 2018 QH1 27 Aug, 20:36 13.17 LD 12.5 km/s 22-49 m 2018 LQ2 27 Aug, 21:35 9.36 LD 1.5 km/s 27-59 m 2016 GK135 28 Aug, 16:38 16.7 LD 2.8 km/s 6-14 m 2016 NF23 29 Aug, 03:38 13.14 LD 9 km/s 69-155 m 1998 SD9 29 Aug, 07:29 4.21 LD 10.7 km/s 40-90 m 2018 DE1 30 Aug, 15:07 15.25 LD 6.5 km/s 21-47 m 2024 RP7 30 Aug, 17:43 16.25 LD 5.3 km/s 2-5 m 2018 RN1 30 Aug, 19:33 8.98 LD 12.8 km/s 22-49 m 2018 QW1 30 Aug, 22:03 9.1 LD 13.8 km/s 84-188 m 2018 RE 31 Aug, 01:03 5.93 LD 23.6 km/s 32-71 m 2018 RZ 31 Aug, 08:07 8.65 LD 23.1 km/s 32-71 m 2005 FG 31 Aug, 09:19 19.29 LD 5.4 km/s 41-92 m
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