Close Approach Record

Asteroid (2024 SH7)

Closest pass on 2026-Oct-04 00:43 TDB (Julian Date: 2461317.529663367)

Key Facts

  • On 2026-Oct-04 00:43, asteroid (2024 SH7) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 4,030,000 km (10.5 lunar distances).
  • At closest approach, the object was traveling at 10.8 km/s relative to Earth.
  • The object has an estimated size of 12.3 m, which is about the size of a school bus.
  • The miss distance was about 10 times the distance to the Moon.
  • Hazard classification: 10 to 25 meters. Produces a powerful high-altitude shockwave capable of shattering windows, damaging roofs, and producing minor local injuries like the 2013 Chelyabinsk event.

Visual Scale Comparison

school bus 12 m Asteroid 2024 SH7 about the size of a school bus ~12 m tennis court 23.8 m
Scale ladder data
Target12 m
Smallerschool bus: 12 m
Largertennis court: 23.8 m

Object size compared to known reference benchmarks.

Miss Distance Orbital Dial

Moon Orbit (1 LD = 384,400 km) 10.5 LD Earth

Concentric orbital rings showing Earth, Moon orbit, and asteroid trajectory.

Astrometric & Orbital Parameters

Designation2024 SH7
Full Object Name(2024 SH7)
Nominal Miss Distance4,030,000 km (10.5 lunar distances / 0.0269493809051848 au)
3-Sigma Minimum Distance3,048,784.602 km (7.931 LD)
Relative Velocity (v_rel)10.7641481740243 km/s (just under 12 rifle bullets)
Velocity at Infinity (v_inf)10.7549591516689 km/s
Time Uncertainty (3-sigma)3_19:55
Absolute Magnitude (H)27.31 mag
Orbit Solution ID3 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database)
Inside Moon OrbitNo
Inside Geostationary RingNo

Cite this page

Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-04/2024-sh7/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json

APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2024 SH7) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-04 00:43. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-04/2024-sh7/
MLA:
"Asteroid (2024 SH7) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-04 00:43." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-04/2024-sh7/.
BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2024SH7_202604,
  title = {Asteroid (2024 SH7) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-04 00:43},
  author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-04/2024-sh7/},
  note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}