List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2016

Below is the list of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2016.

Timeline of close approaches less than one lunar distance from Earth in 2016

A list of known near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2016.^{[note 1]}

Date of closest approach	Object	Nominal geocentric distance (AU)[note 2]	Nominal geocentric distance (LD)	Size (m) (approximate)	(H)	Closer approach to Moon
2016-01-10	2016 AQ164	0.000698 AU (104,400 km; 64,900 mi)	0.27	2–7	29.9[1]
2016-01-12	2016 AH164	0.00018 AU (27,000 km; 17,000 mi)	0.07	3–7	29.6[2]
2016-01-13	2016 AN165	0.0012 AU (180,000 km; 110,000 mi)	0.47	5-18	27.6[3]
2016-01-14	2016 AN164	0.000247 AU (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)	0.10	2–5	30.5[4]
2016-02-06	2016 CG18	0.00101 AU (151,000 km; 94,000 mi)	0.39	3–16	28.5[5]
2016-02-10	2016 CW264	0.0014 AU (210,000 km; 130,000 mi)	0.56	2–7	29.8[6]
2016-02-11	P10tI8h	0.00176 AU (263,000 km; 164,000 mi)	0.69	2-3	30.7
2016-02-13	2016 CM194	0.000517 AU (77,300 km; 48,100 mi)	0.20	7–21	27.5[7]
2016-02-15	2016 DB	0.000828 AU (123,900 km; 77,000 mi)	0.32	4–14	28.5[8]
2016-02-25	2016 DY30	0.000096 AU (14,400 km; 8,900 mi)	0.04	2–5	30.5[9]
2016-02-26	2016 DK2	0.00212 AU (317,000 km; 197,000 mi)	0.83	3–11	29.1[10]
2016-02-29	XD96E01	0.00133 AU (199,000 km; 124,000 mi)	0.52	2–6	30.0
2016-03-03	2016 EK1	0.00135 AU (202,000 km; 125,000 mi)	0.53	2–9	29.1[11]	Yes
2016-03-04	2016 EL1	0.00154 AU (230,000 km; 143,000 mi)	0.60	5–20	27.8[12]
2016-03-08	2016 EV28	0.00103 AU (154,000 km; 96,000 mi)	0.40	4-10	28.3[13]
2016-03-10	2016 EN157	0.00216 AU (323,000 km; 201,000 mi)	0.84	5-9	28.1[14]
2016-03-11	2016 EF195	0.000214 AU (32,000 km; 19,900 mi)	0.08	16-31	25.6[15]
2016-03-14	2016 FC1	0.0011 AU (160,000 km; 100,000 mi)	0.44	4–8	29.1[16]
2016-03-21	2016 FN56	0.00257 AU (384,000 km; 239,000 mi)	1.00	35-86	24.2[17]	Yes
2016-03-23	2016 FZ13	0.00252 AU (377,000 km; 234,000 mi)	0.98	4-10	28.3[18]	Yes
2016-03-25	2016 FU6	0.00120 AU (180,000 km; 112,000 mi)	0.47	4-9	29.0[19]
2016-03-28	BeUc1Ig	0.00256 AU (383,000 km; 238,000 mi)	0.99	3-9	29.3
2016-03-28	2016 FE15	0.00181 AU (271,000 km; 168,000 mi)	0.70	4-12	28.8[20]	Yes
2016-04-01	XGB1CE8	0.00336 AU (503,000 km; 312,000 mi)	0.13	3-9	29.3
2016-04-01	2016 GS134	0.00133 AU (199,000 km; 124,000 mi)	0.52	5-13	27.9[21]
2016-04-04	2016 GN134	0.000382 AU (57,100 km; 35,500 mi)	0.19	1-5	30.1[22]
2016-04-05	2016 FW13	0.00210 AU (314,000 km; 195,000 mi)	0.82	2-7	29.4[23]
2016-04-06	2016 GO206	0.00222 AU (332,000 km; 206,000 mi)	0.86	9-30	26.5
2016-04-08	2016 GO134	0.00222 AU (332,000 km; 206,000 mi)	0.86	5-18	27.3[24]
2016-05-05	2016 JS5	0.00136 AU (203,000 km; 126,000 mi)	0.53	1-5	30.6[25]

Notes

1. For a list of current Earth close approaches see NEO Earth Close Approaches
2. Distance from the center of Earth to the center of the object. See the NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics Glossary: Geocentric. Earth has a radius of approximately 6,400 km.

Additional examples

An example list of near-Earth asteroids that passed more than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2016.

• 2015 YC₂ (~102 meters in diameter) passed 4.92 Lunar distances (1.9 million km) from Earth on 15 January 2016.
• XBBE860 (~8 meters in diameter) passed 1.13 lunar distances (435,000 km) from the Earth on 1 February 2016.
• P10tc2W (~10 meters in diameter) passed 1.02 lunar distances (391,000 km) from the Earth on 6 March 2016
• 2013 TX68 (~30 meters in diameter) may have passed as close as 0.07 lunar distances (30,000 km) from Earth around 5–6 March 2016, but the best fitting orbital solution suggests that it passed roughly 11 lunar distances (4 million km) from the Earth around 8 March 2016. 2013 TX68 has not been observed since 2013 and was not recovered during the 2016 passage.
• 252P/LINEAR (~900 meters in diameter) passed 13.9 lunar distances (5.3 million km) from Earth on 21 March 2016
• Comet P/2016 BA14 (~1000 meters in diameter) passed 9.2 lunar distances (3.5 million km) from Earth on 22 March 2016.^[26]
• 2014 JG₅₅ (~6 meters in diameter) has a minimum estimated approach on May 8, 2016 of 0.82 lunar distances (315,000 km) from the Earth. However the best fit calculates an approach of 7.6 lunar distances (2.9 million km) from Earth.
• 2009 DL₄₆ (~200 meters in diameter) will pass 6.2 (2.4 million km) from Earth on May 24, 2016.
• 2016 FE₁₃ (~23 meters in diameter) passed 27.98 lunar distances 10.7 million km) from Earth on March 26, 2016^[27]

Other objects

XF38FAC (Satellite 2015-007B) with an observation arc of only 17 minutes was estimated to have a chance of impacting Earth at 16:51 on 20 March 2016,^[28] but turned out to be the SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage that sent Deep Space Climate Observatory out to L1.

See also

• List of asteroid close approaches to Earth
• List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2015

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 AQ164)" (last observation: 2016-01-14).
2. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 AH164)" (last observation: 2016-01-13).
3. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 AN165)" (last observation: 2016-01-14).
4. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 AN164)" (last observation: 2016-01-14).
5. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 CG18)" (last observation: 2016-02-05).
6. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 CW264)" (last observation: 2016-02-12).
7. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 CM194)" (last observation: 2016-02-13).
8. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 DB)" (last observation: 2016-02-17).
9. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 DY30)" (last observation: 2016-02-27).
10. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 DK2)" (last observation: 2016-03-01).
11. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 EK1)" (last observation: 2016-03-03).
12. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 EL1)" (last observation: 2016-03-03).
13. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 EV28)" (last observation: 2016-03-07).
14. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 EN157)" (last observation: 2016-03-15).
15. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 EF195)" (last observation: 2016-03-17).
16. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 FC1)" (last observation: 2016-03-18).
17. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 FN56)" (last observation: 2016-04-05).
18. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 FZ13)" (last observation: 2016-04-06).
19. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 FU6)" (last observation: 2016-03-28).
20. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 FE15)" (last observation: 2016-04-03).
21. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 GS134)" (last observation: 2016-04-07).
22. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 GN134)" (last observation: 2016-04-07).
23. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 FW13)" (last observation: 2016-04-03).
24. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 GO134)" (last observation: 2016-04-08).
25. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2016 JS5)" (last observation: 2016-05-05).
26. Comet Flying by Earth Observed with Radar and Infrared. NASA press release. 24 March 2016.
27. Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site 2016FE13 ▹ CLOSE APPROACHES
28. XF38FAC at Project Pluto