{"id":363,"date":"2026-05-14T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:03:19","slug":"newly-discovered-asteroid-to-make-close-pass-by-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"Newly discovered asteroid to make close pass by Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 A newly discovered asteroid is on course to pass closer to Earth than many orbiting satellites next Monday, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study a near-Earth object at close range without launching a mission to reach it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=361\">Man arrested after video shows a rock hurled at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal\u2019s head<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The asteroid, designated 2026 JH2, will pass Earth at a distance of about 56,700 miles on May 18. That puts it at just 24% of the average lunar distance, well within the orbit of many communications satellites.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The asteroid was recently discovered by astronomers from the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona and the Farpoint Observatory in Eskridge, Kansas. It was first observed on May 10.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Despite its proximity, scientists say there is no cause for alarm. Current calculations show no evidence it will hit Earth.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Scientists estimate the asteroid measures between 50 and 115 feet across \u2014 roughly the same size as the object responsible for the Chelyabinsk airburst over Russia in 2013, which produced a shockwave that shattered windows across a wide swath of Siberia and injured more than 1,000 people, even though the asteroid itself disintegrated in the atmosphere before reaching the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=359\">Madonna, Shakira, BTS to headline first ever World Cup Final Halftime Show<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory classifies 2026 JH2 as an Apollo-class near-Earth object, meaning its orbit crosses Earth&#8217;s path around the sun.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For those without access to a telescope, the Virtual Telescope Project will broadcast the flyby\u00a0live online, beginning at 21:45 UTC (5:45 p.m. ET) on May 18, just after closest approach when the asteroid will be near peak brightness. The asteroid will not be visible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The flyby arrives three years before an even more closely watched event: on April 13, 2029, near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis \u2014 a 1,230-foot-wide rock once feared as a potential impact risk \u2014 will pass just 20,000 miles from Earth. Astronomers have ruled out any collision risk from Apophis for at least a century.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=357\">\u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 world concert tour: How to sign up for ticket information<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 A newly discovered asteroid is on course to pass closer to Earth than many orbiting satellites next Monday, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study a near-Earth object at close range without launching a mission to reach it. 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