Dispatches
Not launches — what else the record says happenedAsteroid 2016 VZ1 passes Earth at 7,657,095 km
2016 VZ1 makes its closest approach on 2026-11-05, missing Earth by 19.9 times the distance to the Moon.
2016 VZ1 reaches its closest point to Earth at 19:58 UTC, passing 7,657,095 km away — 19.9 lunar distances — at 48,537 km/h relative to the planet.
Its size is not measured directly — brightness puts it somewhere between 16 and 36 metres across.
NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.
| Miss distance | 7,657,095 km |
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| In lunar distances | 19.9× |
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| Estimated diameter | 16–36 m |
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| Relative speed | 48,537 km/h |
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| Closest approach | 2026-11-05 19:58 UTC |
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| Potentially hazardous | No |
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Source: NASA Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (NeoWs)
Asteroid 2004 VJ1 passes Earth at 14,904,793 km
2004 VJ1 makes its closest approach on 2026-11-05, missing Earth by 38.8 times the distance to the Moon.
2004 VJ1 reaches its closest point to Earth at 15:06 UTC, passing 14,904,793 km away — 38.8 lunar distances — at 14,177 km/h relative to the planet.
Its size is not measured directly — brightness puts it somewhere between 40 and 90 metres across.
NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.
| Miss distance | 14,904,793 km |
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| In lunar distances | 38.8× |
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| Estimated diameter | 40–90 m |
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| Relative speed | 14,177 km/h |
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| Closest approach | 2026-11-05 15:06 UTC |
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| Potentially hazardous | No |
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Source: NASA Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (NeoWs)
Asteroid 2017 WJ2 passes Earth at 5,983,816 km
2017 WJ2 makes its closest approach on 2026-11-05, missing Earth by 15.6 times the distance to the Moon.
2017 WJ2 reaches its closest point to Earth at 04:22 UTC, passing 5,983,816 km away — 15.6 lunar distances — at 42,403 km/h relative to the planet.
Its size is not measured directly — brightness puts it somewhere between 88 and 197 metres across.
NASA does not classify it as potentially hazardous.
| Miss distance | 5,983,816 km |
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| In lunar distances | 15.6× |
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| Estimated diameter | 88–197 m |
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| Relative speed | 42,403 km/h |
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| Closest approach | 2026-11-05 04:22 UTC |
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| Potentially hazardous | No |
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Source: NASA Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (NeoWs)
Mission Reports are original Everything Space writing, composed from Launch Library 2’s record of each flight. Dispatches are composed the same way from NASA’s near-Earth object and space weather catalogs. Every figure traces to a record; where the record is silent, so are we.
