Near-Earth asteroid

2017 WP28

2017 WP28 is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of 174–389 m (571–1,276 ft). It passes Earth on November 2, 2026 at about 54,032,009 km (140.6 lunar distances). NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.

Not potentially hazardous

174–389 m

Estimated diameter

20.92

Absolute magnitude (H)

Approaches within 0.2 au, 1900–2200

This week’s flyby

Closest approach: 2026-Nov-02 01:06 UTC
Miss distance: 54,032,009 km · 140.5 lunar distances · 0.36118 au
Relative speed: 19.57 km/s (43,781 mph)

Upcoming close approaches to Earth

15 approaches within 0.2 au (about 30 million km) are calculated from now to 2200. The closest in the 1900–2200 record is on November 10, 2119 at about 15,867,846 km.

Future Earth approaches (JPL Close Approach Data)
Date (TDB)	Nominal distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s	Time uncertainty
2029-Feb-05 08:36	23,977,547	62.4	25.56	00:01
2054-Nov-06 06:13	20,138,865	52.4	25.77	00:03
2066-Jan-30 05:57	24,713,568	64.3	31.11	00:06
2068-Nov-10 04:32	16,883,616	43.9	29.45	00:06
2080-Feb-04 12:58	20,581,675	53.5	27.29	00:07
2082-Nov-15 16:53	29,198,512	76.0	33.34	00:09
2105-Nov-05 12:31	27,294,132	71.0	23.93	00:10
2119-Nov-10 04:02	15,867,846	41.3	27.68	00:17
2131-Feb-03 14:07	20,657,970	53.7	29.02	00:22
2133-Nov-14 16:50	22,857,059	59.5	31.65	00:25
2145-Feb-07 18:28	25,522,893	66.4	25.08	00:22
2170-Nov-08 20:25	17,989,144	46.8	26.42	00:28
2182-Feb-01 21:31	23,325,300	60.7	30.53	00:36
2184-Nov-12 20:09	17,969,696	46.7	30.1	00:36
2196-Feb-07 00:57	21,432,887	55.8	26.74	00:36

Recent past approaches

Past Earth approaches within 0.2 au since 1900 (JPL), most recent 12
Date (TDB)	Distance km	Lunar dist.	Speed km/s
2017-Nov-12 00:45	21,040,941	54.7	31.04
2015-Feb-01 03:18	21,156,131	55.0	29.5
2003-Nov-07 16:05	16,759,449	43.6	27.14
1989-Nov-03 04:24	29,909,102	77.8	23.43
1978-Feb-06 14:30	28,564,217	74.3	24.2
1966-Nov-13 22:22	26,592,517	69.2	32.64
1964-Feb-02 19:18	20,010,211	52.1	28.02
1952-Nov-08 10:43	16,246,329	42.3	28.76
1950-Jan-28 10:29	26,794,475	69.7	31.84
1938-Nov-04 18:41	22,204,812	57.8	25.22
1913-Feb-03 17:42	22,192,844	57.7	26.22
1901-Nov-10 10:48	19,585,353	51.0	30.49

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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: 2017 WP28

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