Asteroid (2023 WV23)
Closest pass on 2026-Oct-01 03:45 TDB (Julian Date: 2461314.656046094)
Key Facts
- On 2026-Oct-01 03:45, asteroid (2023 WV23) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 11,000,000 km (28.5 lunar distances).
- At closest approach, the object was traveling at 8.66 km/s relative to Earth.
- The object has an estimated size of 65.2 m, which is about 5 school buses.
- The miss distance was 0.201 times the Mars closest approach.
- 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 | 65 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 WV23 |
|---|---|
| Full Object Name | (2023 WV23) |
| Nominal Miss Distance | 11,000,000 km (28.5 lunar distances / 0.073351360805401 au) |
| 3-Sigma Minimum Distance | 9,432,426.904 km (24.538 LD) |
| Relative Velocity (v_rel) | 8.65771071038272 km/s (about 10 rifle bullets) |
| Velocity at Infinity (v_inf) | 8.65351402528434 km/s |
| Time Uncertainty (3-sigma) | 03:29 |
| Absolute Magnitude (H) | 23.68 mag |
| Orbit Solution ID | 2 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database) |
| Inside Moon Orbit | No |
| Inside Geostationary Ring | No |
Cite this page
Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-01/2023-wv23/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json
APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2023 WV23) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-01 03:45. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-01/2023-wv23/MLA:
"Asteroid (2023 WV23) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-01 03:45." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-01/2023-wv23/.BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2023WV23_202601,
title = {Asteroid (2023 WV23) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-01 03:45},
author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-01/2023-wv23/},
note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}