Near-Earth asteroid

2014 RC

2014 RC is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 11–25 m (36–82 ft). It passes Earth on November 3, 2026 at about 26,136,325 km (68.0 lunar distances). NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.

Not potentially hazardous

11–25 m

Estimated diameter

26.85

Absolute magnitude (H)

Approaches within 0.2 au, 1900–2200

This week’s flyby

Closest approach: 2026-Nov-03 10:58 UTC
Miss distance: 26,136,325 km · 67.96 lunar distances · 0.17471 au
Relative speed: 8.34 km/s (18,648 mph)

Upcoming close approaches to Earth

18 approaches within 0.2 au (about 30 million km) are calculated from now to 2200. The closest in the 1900–2200 record is on September 7, 2014 at about 40,391 km.

Future Earth approaches (JPL Close Approach Data)
Date (TDB)	Nominal distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s	Time uncertainty
2026-Nov-03 11:02	26,136,244	68.0	8.34	01:09
2029-Nov-23 06:06	26,918,641	70.0	8.43	01:07
2032-Dec-14 05:36	24,242,335	63.1	7.73	01:16
2036-Jan-08 16:35	17,591,214	45.8	7.11	01:13
2039-Jan-21 23:44	9,306,484	24.2	8.88	00:24
2042-Jan-27 18:23	9,460,569	24.6	11.05	00:17
2045-Feb-02 00:16	20,432,077	53.2	13.72	00:14
2106-Aug-27 11:31	28,525,322	74.2	15.54	00:11
2109-Sep-01 16:24	14,904,436	38.8	12.87	00:12
2112-Sep-06 21:09	3,374,928	8.78	10.66	00:13
2115-Sep-08 22:56	1,166,863	3.04	10.26	00:27
2118-Aug-29 05:55	24,216,903	63.0	14.69	04:59
2159-Feb-02 09:57	11,122,602	28.9	11.65	2_02:42
2162-Jan-18 05:24	14,877,508	38.7	7.44	5_21:03
2164-Dec-04 20:56	26,689,756	69.4	8.24	5_09:56
2167-Oct-29 13:09	25,464,550	66.2	8.13	3_18:08
2170-Sep-18 18:52	10,835,374	28.2	8.01	1_06:56
2173-Sep-04 17:50	9,101,534	23.7	11.77	03:19

Recent past approaches

Past Earth approaches within 0.2 au since 1900 (JPL), most recent 11
Date (TDB)	Distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s
2023-Oct-14 09:52	22,252,683	57.9	7.67
2020-Sep-22 21:40	14,828,141	38.6	7.49
2017-Sep-11 13:57	5,786,446	15.1	8.93
2014-Sep-07 18:02	40,391	0.11	10.95
2009-Dec-30 12:59	12,919,272	33.6	7.75
1991-Sep-27 05:02	14,816,173	38.5	7.63
1987-Jan-17 00:51	5,559,057	14.5	10.94
1973-Sep-05 22:04	1,724,863	4.49	10.34
1968-Nov-21 22:34	22,649,118	58.9	8.36
1964-Jan-22 13:41	18,087,879	47.1	13.62
1945-Sep-05 02:39	2,345,695	6.10	10.48

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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: 2014 RC

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