Asteroid (2007 VV83)
Closest pass on 2026-Nov-07 00:21 TDB (Julian Date: 2461351.514692758)
Key Facts
- On 2026-Nov-07 00:21, asteroid (2007 VV83) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 8,340,000 km (21.7 lunar distances).
- At closest approach, the object was traveling at 5.51 km/s relative to Earth.
- The object has an estimated size of 40.8 m, which is about 3 school buses.
- The miss distance was about 22 times the distance to the Moon.
- Hazard classification: 25 to 50 meters. Can produce a low-altitude airburst or surface crater capable of flattening forests over hundreds of square kilometers and devastating a metropolitan area, comparable to the 1908 Tunguska event.
Visual Scale Comparison
| Target | 41 m |
|---|---|
| Smaller | blue whale: 25 m |
| Larger | Boeing 747: 70.6 m |
Object size compared to known reference benchmarks.
Miss Distance Orbital Dial
Concentric orbital rings showing Earth, Moon orbit, and asteroid trajectory.
Astrometric & Orbital Parameters
| Designation | 2007 VV83 |
|---|---|
| Full Object Name | (2007 VV83) |
| Nominal Miss Distance | 8,340,000 km (21.7 lunar distances / 0.0557705024603866 au) |
| 3-Sigma Minimum Distance | 7,972,694.638 km (20.741 LD) |
| Relative Velocity (v_rel) | 5.51150620886058 km/s (0.72 times the size of a ISS orbital velocity) |
| Velocity at Infinity (v_inf) | 5.50283101024964 km/s |
| Time Uncertainty (3-sigma) | 19:24 |
| Absolute Magnitude (H) | 24.7 mag |
| Orbit Solution ID | 10 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database) |
| Inside Moon Orbit | No |
| Inside Geostationary Ring | No |
Cite this page
Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-07/2007-vv83/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json
APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2007 VV83) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-07 00:21. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-07/2007-vv83/MLA:
"Asteroid (2007 VV83) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-07 00:21." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-07/2007-vv83/.BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2007VV83_202607,
title = {Asteroid (2007 VV83) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-07 00:21},
author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-07/2007-vv83/},
note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}