Near-Earth asteroid

2015 GW12

2015 GW12 is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 43–96 m (141–315 ft). It passes Earth on November 2, 2026 at about 52,353,783 km (136.2 lunar distances). NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.

Not potentially hazardous

43–96 m

Estimated diameter

23.97

Absolute magnitude (H)

Approaches within 0.2 au, 1900–2200

This week’s flyby

Closest approach: 2026-Nov-02 17:00 UTC
Miss distance: 52,353,783 km · 136.14 lunar distances · 0.34996 au
Relative speed: 16.27 km/s (36,401 mph)

Upcoming close approaches to Earth

9 approaches within 0.2 au (about 30 million km) are calculated from now to 2200. The closest in the 1900–2200 record is on March 23, 2189 at about 15,787,063 km.

Future Earth approaches (JPL Close Approach Data)
Date (TDB)	Nominal distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s	Time uncertainty
2073-Mar-21 21:54	15,879,814	41.3	11.09	00:03
2076-Mar-17 16:25	16,725,042	43.5	8.48	00:02
2078-Nov-07 05:38	27,493,097	71.5	9.08	00:07
2131-Mar-23 17:31	15,950,125	41.5	11.12	00:03
2134-Mar-19 10:15	16,431,830	42.7	8.5	00:02
2136-Nov-08 03:10	27,766,861	72.2	9.04	00:07
2189-Mar-23 11:50	15,787,063	41.1	11.13	< 00:01
2192-Mar-19 01:21	16,334,592	42.5	8.5	< 00:01
2194-Nov-09 01:51	27,997,242	72.8	9.05	00:08

Recent past approaches

Past Earth approaches within 0.2 au since 1900 (JPL), most recent 8
Date (TDB)	Distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s
2020-Nov-06 10:10	27,274,684	71.0	9.11
2018-Mar-18 00:39	17,112,500	44.5	8.44
2015-Mar-22 01:06	15,815,487	41.1	11.04
1962-Nov-06 11:31	27,069,735	70.4	9.09
1960-Mar-17 08:31	17,111,004	44.5	8.45
1957-Mar-21 09:50	16,264,281	42.3	11.1
1904-Nov-05 13:23	26,855,810	69.9	9.07
1902-Mar-17 16:58	16,904,559	44.0	8.51

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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: 2015 GW12

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