Asteroid (2017 UQ7)
Closest pass on 2026-Oct-25 08:13 TDB (Julian Date: 2461338.842396235)
Key Facts
- On 2026-Oct-25 08:13, asteroid (2017 UQ7) passed Earth at a nominal distance of 10,200,000 km (26.6 lunar distances).
- At closest approach, the object was traveling at 16 km/s relative to Earth.
- The object has an estimated size of 31.7 m, which is about 2.5 school buses.
- The miss distance was about 27 times the distance to the Moon.
- Hazard classification: 25 to 50 meters. Can produce a low-altitude airburst or surface crater capable of flattening forests over hundreds of square kilometers and devastating a metropolitan area, comparable to the 1908 Tunguska event.
Visual Scale Comparison
| Target | 32 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 | 2017 UQ7 |
|---|---|
| Full Object Name | (2017 UQ7) |
| Nominal Miss Distance | 10,200,000 km (26.6 lunar distances / 0.0682691960020182 au) |
| 3-Sigma Minimum Distance | 3,253,772.173 km (8.465 LD) |
| Relative Velocity (v_rel) | 16.0460796371802 km/s (about 2 ISS orbital speeds) |
| Velocity at Infinity (v_inf) | 16.0436471444847 km/s |
| Time Uncertainty (3-sigma) | 1_20:47 |
| Absolute Magnitude (H) | 25.25 mag |
| Orbit Solution ID | 7 (NASA JPL Small-Body Database) |
| Inside Moon Orbit | No |
| Inside Geostationary Ring | No |
Cite this page
Permanent URL: https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-25/2017-uq7/ | Machine-readable twin: index.json
APA:
What Nearly Hit Us Project. (2026). Asteroid (2017 UQ7) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-25 08:13. What Nearly Hit Us. Retrieved from https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-25/2017-uq7/MLA:
"Asteroid (2017 UQ7) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-25 08:13." What Nearly Hit Us, What Nearly Hit Us Project, 2026-09-24, https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-25/2017-uq7/.BibTeX:
@misc{approach_2017UQ7_202625,
title = {Asteroid (2017 UQ7) Close Approach on 2026-Oct-25 08:13},
author = {{What Nearly Hit Us Project}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://whatnearlyhitus.com/approaches/2026-Oct-25/2017-uq7/},
note = {Primary upstream source: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD API}
}