Asteroid (2019 VF1)
Closest pass on 2026-Nov-20 00:03 TDB (Julian Date: 2461364.501971037)
Key Facts
- On 2026-Nov-20 00:03, asteroid (2019 VF1) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 8,980,000 km (23.4 lunar distances).
- At closest approach, the object was traveling at 19.8 km/s relative to Earth.
- The object has an estimated size of 89.2 m, which is about the size of a Statue of Liberty.
- The miss distance was about 23 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 | 89 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 | 2019 VF1 |
|---|---|
| Full Object Name | (2019 VF1) |
| Nominal Miss Distance | 8,980,000 km (23.4 lunar distances / 0.0600399857744773 au) |
| 3-Sigma Minimum Distance | 3,683,385.593 km (9.582 LD) |
| Relative Velocity (v_rel) | 19.8333253481733 km/s (about 2.5 ISS orbital speeds) |
| Velocity at Infinity (v_inf) | 19.8310876539521 km/s |
| Time Uncertainty (3-sigma) | 1_19:37 |
| Absolute Magnitude (H) | 23 mag |
| Orbit Solution ID | 16 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database) |
| Inside Moon Orbit | No |
| Inside Geostationary Ring | No |
Cite this page
Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-20/2019-vf1/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json
APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2019 VF1) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-20 00:03. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-20/2019-vf1/MLA:
"Asteroid (2019 VF1) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-20 00:03." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-20/2019-vf1/.BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2019VF1_202620,
title = {Asteroid (2019 VF1) Close Approach on 2026-Nov-20 00:03},
author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Nov-20/2019-vf1/},
note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}