Near-Earth asteroid

2013 FY13

2013 FY13 is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 205–459 m (673–1,506 ft). It passes Earth on November 3, 2026 at about 68,853,080 km (179.1 lunar distances). NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.

Not potentially hazardous

205–459 m

Estimated diameter

20.56

Absolute magnitude (H)

Approaches within 0.2 au, 1900–2200

This week’s flyby

Closest approach: 2026-Nov-03 18:05 UTC
Miss distance: 68,853,080 km · 179.04 lunar distances · 0.46025 au
Relative speed: 9.76 km/s (21,840 mph)

Upcoming close approaches to Earth

8 approaches within 0.2 au (about 30 million km) are calculated from now to 2200. The closest in the 1900–2200 record is on April 11, 2013 at about 13,779,460 km.

Future Earth approaches (JPL Close Approach Data)
Date (TDB)	Nominal distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s	Time uncertainty
2030-Apr-10 05:30	24,501,139	63.7	8.72	< 00:01
2057-Apr-12 12:36	25,356,839	66.0	9.68	< 00:01
2074-Apr-12 10:24	15,300,870	39.8	8.8	< 00:01
2091-Apr-12 04:23	14,371,867	37.4	8.51	< 00:01
2108-Apr-11 03:13	23,117,359	60.1	8.65	< 00:01
2152-Apr-13 08:44	18,517,224	48.2	9.08	< 00:01
2169-Apr-13 02:44	13,818,355	35.9	8.57	< 00:01
2186-Apr-12 05:54	20,467,981	53.2	8.55	< 00:01

Recent past approaches

Past Earth approaches within 0.2 au since 1900 (JPL), most recent 5
Date (TDB)	Distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s
2013-Apr-11 14:48	13,779,460	35.8	8.55
1996-Apr-12 01:47	21,248,882	55.3	9.3
1969-Apr-09 03:43	29,155,129	75.8	8.94
1952-Apr-10 21:58	15,003,170	39.0	8.51
1935-Apr-12 09:16	16,964,399	44.1	8.94

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Sources

Size, hazard status and this week’s approach — NASA NeoWs (copy taken Oct 28, 2026, 2:39 AM EDT)
Close-approach list — JPL SBDB Close Approach Data API (copy taken Oct 28, 2026, 2:39 AM EDT)
Full orbit details — JPL Small-Body Database: 2013 FY13

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