Near-Earth asteroid

2015 LJ

2015 LJ is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 31–68 m (102–223 ft). It passes Earth on November 1, 2026 at about 45,673,391 km (118.8 lunar distances). NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.

Not potentially hazardous

31–68 m

Estimated diameter

24.7

Absolute magnitude (H)

Approaches within 0.2 au, 1900–2200

This week’s flyby

Closest approach: 2026-Nov-01 12:46 UTC
Miss distance: 45,673,391 km · 118.76 lunar distances · 0.30531 au
Relative speed: 4.62 km/s (10,337 mph)

Upcoming close approaches to Earth

5 approaches within 0.2 au (about 30 million km) are calculated from now to 2200. The closest in the 1900–2200 record is on July 25, 2056 at about 7,174,714 km.

Future Earth approaches (JPL Close Approach Data)
Date (TDB)	Nominal distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s	Time uncertainty
2041-Jun-13 07:31	22,333,466	58.1	5.98	03:35
2041-Sep-10 14:11	26,544,646	69.1	1.21	1_06:23
2056-Jul-25 10:16	7,174,714	18.7	2.28	09:08
2082-Jul-04 21:16	8,193,475	21.3	2.37	4_12:08
2097-Aug-06 16:11	10,739,631	27.9	3.56	6_04:34

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
2015-Jul-26 01:38	7,294,392	19.0	2.32
2000-Jun-26 09:39	9,325,931	24.3	2.83
1974-Jul-26 03:09	7,599,572	19.8	2.42
1959-Jun-19 15:22	12,471,974	32.4	3.77
1933-Jul-22 18:57	7,420,054	19.3	2.27

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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 LJ

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