Asteroid (2023 VT7)
Closest pass on 2026-Nov-18 03:30 TDB (Julian Date: 2461362.645874212)
Key Facts
- On 2026-Nov-18 03:30, asteroid (2023 VT7) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 8,470,000 km (22 lunar distances).
- At closest approach, the object was traveling at 10.8 km/s relative to Earth.
- The object has an estimated size of 55 m, which is about 5 school buses.
- The miss distance was just over 22 times the distance to the Moon.
- Hazard classification: 50 to 140 meters. Reaches Earth surface to carve a crater over a kilometer wide (like Meteor Crater, Arizona), destroying infrastructure across an entire metropolitan region and generating damaging regional seismic waves.
Visual Scale Comparison
| Target | 55 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 | 2023 VT7 |
|---|---|
| Full Object Name | (2023 VT7) |
| Nominal Miss Distance | 8,470,000 km (22 lunar distances / 0.0565969617054365 au) |
| 3-Sigma Minimum Distance | 2,530,109.888 km (6.582 LD) |
| Relative Velocity (v_rel) | 10.8480532349505 km/s (just over 12 rifle bullets) |
| Velocity at Infinity (v_inf) | 10.8437125893597 km/s |
| Time Uncertainty (3-sigma) | 2_13:51 |
| Absolute Magnitude (H) | 24.05 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-18/2023-vt7/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json
APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2023 VT7) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-18 03:30. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-18/2023-vt7/MLA:
"Asteroid (2023 VT7) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-18 03:30." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-18/2023-vt7/.BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2023VT7_202618,
title = {Asteroid (2023 VT7) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-18 03:30},
author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-18/2023-vt7/},
note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}