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Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

NASA-tracked asteroids classified as Potentially Hazardous (PHA): diameter over ~140 meters and orbit that comes within 0.05 AU of Earth. These objects are closely monitored for future impact risk.

50 potentially hazardous asteroids tracked
#1

3122 Florence (1981 ET3)

Designation: 3122
PHA
Diameter6.57 km
Magnitude (H)14.1
Miss Distance0.0524 AU (7.8M km)
Speed14.0 km/s
Approach DateAug 29, 1930
#2

4183 Cuno (1959 LM)

Designation: 4183
PHA
Diameter6.27 km
Magnitude (H)14.2
Miss Distance0.1907 AU (28.5M km)
Speed12.5 km/s
Approach DateMay 8, 1906
#3

16960 (1998 QS52)

Designation: 16960
PHA
Diameter5.88 km
Magnitude (H)14.3
Miss Distance0.0791 AU (11.8M km)
Speed28.7 km/s
Approach DateJun 10, 1904
#4

3200 Phaethon (1983 TB)

Designation: 3200
PHA
Diameter5.72 km
Magnitude (H)14.4
Miss Distance0.0384 AU (5.7M km)
Speed34.6 km/s
Approach DateDec 13, 1931
#5

4953 (1990 MU)

Designation: 4953
PHA
Diameter4.55 km
Magnitude (H)14.9
Miss Distance0.1255 AU (18.8M km)
Speed25.1 km/s
Approach DateNov 25, 1921
#6

1620 Geographos (1951 RA)

Designation: 1620
PHA
Diameter3.82 km
Magnitude (H)15.3
Miss Distance0.0339 AU (5.1M km)
Speed11.8 km/s
Approach DateAug 23, 1901
#7

1981 Midas (1973 EA)

Designation: 1981
PHA
Diameter3.78 km
Magnitude (H)15.3
Miss Distance0.1551 AU (23.2M km)
Speed31.4 km/s
Approach DateSep 24, 1916
#8

4179 Toutatis (1989 AC)

Designation: 4179
PHA
Diameter3.76 km
Magnitude (H)15.3
Miss Distance0.1545 AU (23.1M km)
Speed12.3 km/s
Approach DateOct 2, 1906
#9

2201 Oljato (1947 XC)

Designation: 2201
PHA
Diameter3.71 km
Magnitude (H)15.3
Miss Distance0.1728 AU (25.8M km)
Speed25.3 km/s
Approach DateJun 18, 1903
#10

4486 Mithra (1987 SB)

Designation: 4486
PHA
Diameter3.23 km
Magnitude (H)15.6
Miss Distance0.1757 AU (26.3M km)
Speed22.2 km/s
Approach DateAug 23, 1902
#11

12923 Zephyr (1999 GK4)

Designation: 12923
PHA
Diameter2.98 km
Magnitude (H)15.8
Miss Distance0.1860 AU (27.8M km)
Speed13.8 km/s
Approach DateSep 22, 2032
#12

12538 (1998 OH)

Designation: 12538
PHA
Diameter2.76 km
Magnitude (H)16.0
Miss Distance0.1076 AU (16.1M km)
Speed14.8 km/s
Approach DateApr 24, 1910
#13

2102 Tantalus (1975 YA)

Designation: 2102
PHA
Diameter2.71 km
Magnitude (H)16.0
Miss Distance0.0734 AU (11.0M km)
Speed33.9 km/s
Approach DateDec 23, 1912
#14

1862 Apollo (1932 HA)

Designation: 1862
PHA
Diameter2.60 km
Magnitude (H)16.1
Miss Distance0.0283 AU (4.2M km)
Speed17.8 km/s
Approach DateNov 11, 1930
#15

4015 Wilson-Harrington (1979 VA)

Designation: 4015
PHA
Diameter2.49 km
Magnitude (H)16.2
Miss Distance0.0525 AU (7.9M km)
Speed8.8 km/s
Approach DateSep 30, 1919
#16

8566 (1996 EN)

Designation: 8566
PHA
Diameter2.19 km
Magnitude (H)16.5
Miss Distance0.0256 AU (3.8M km)
Speed23.2 km/s
Approach DateSep 8, 1911
#17

3671 Dionysus (1984 KD)

Designation: 3671
PHA
Diameter2.16 km
Magnitude (H)16.5
Miss Distance0.1641 AU (24.5M km)
Speed11.1 km/s
Approach DateJul 19, 1958
#18

1566 Icarus (1949 MA)

Designation: 1566
PHA
Diameter2.13 km
Magnitude (H)16.5
Miss Distance0.0845 AU (12.6M km)
Speed27.0 km/s
Approach DateJun 11, 1902
#19

7482 (1994 PC1)

Designation: 7482
PHA
Diameter2.08 km
Magnitude (H)16.6
Miss Distance0.0829 AU (12.4M km)
Speed19.0 km/s
Approach DateJan 21, 1922
#20

5011 Ptah (6743 P-L)

Designation: 5011
PHA
Diameter2.02 km
Magnitude (H)16.6
Miss Distance0.1577 AU (23.6M km)
Speed16.4 km/s
Approach DateNov 4, 1912