Asteroid (2018 NE1)
Closest pass on 2026-Nov-19 02:16 TDB (Julian Date: 2461363.594765024)
Key Facts
- On 2026-Nov-19 02:16, asteroid (2018 NE1) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 6,390,000 km (16.6 lunar distances).
- At closest approach, the object was traveling at 13.3 km/s relative to Earth.
- The object has an estimated size of 74.2 m, which is just over 6 school buses.
- The miss distance was about 17 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 | 74 m |
|---|---|
| Smaller | Boeing 747: 70.6 m |
| Larger | Statue of Liberty: 93 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 | 2018 NE1 |
|---|---|
| Full Object Name | (2018 NE1) |
| Nominal Miss Distance | 6,390,000 km (16.6 lunar distances / 0.0426855037095717 au) |
| 3-Sigma Minimum Distance | 6,314,228.185 km (16.426 LD) |
| Relative Velocity (v_rel) | 13.2843078205714 km/s (about one and a half ISS orbital speeds) |
| Velocity at Infinity (v_inf) | 13.2796081237275 km/s |
| Time Uncertainty (3-sigma) | 4_20:03 |
| Absolute Magnitude (H) | 23.4 mag |
| Orbit Solution ID | 14 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database) |
| Inside Moon Orbit | No |
| Inside Geostationary Ring | No |
Cite this page
Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-19/2018-ne1/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json
APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2018 NE1) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-19 02:16. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-19/2018-ne1/MLA:
"Asteroid (2018 NE1) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-19 02:16." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-19/2018-ne1/.BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2018NE1_202619,
title = {Asteroid (2018 NE1) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-19 02:16},
author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-19/2018-ne1/},
note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}