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Single-object report for asteroid 2026 TU3 ( 54660677 ) , compiled from JPL Close Approach Data as listed in the Astrophyzix tracker, with size and risk fields derived by the tracker.
ngle-object report for asteroid 2026 TU3 ( 54660677 ) , compiled from JPL Close Approach Data as listed in the Astrophyzix tracker, with size and risk fields derived by the tracker. This information was live at the time of publishing but immediately becomes a catalogue report due to the continuous nature of asteroid dynamics. Access live CNEOS CAD/Scout data using the Astrophyzix Observatory Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry Tracking System . On October 7, 2026 (UTC), JPL data resolve a close approach by 2026 TU3 , an Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid roughly 5 m across. It passed Earth at about 02:51 TDB (≈ 02:50 UTC) on 7 October 2026, at approximately 0.826 lunar distances (317,507 km), in
Single-object report for asteroid 2026 TB (SPK-ID: 354660664) , compiled from the JPL Small-Body Database (orbit solution JPL 1) and JPL Close Approach Data, with size and risk fields derived by the Astrophyzix tracker.
2026 Single-object report for asteroid 2026 TB (SPK-ID: 354660664) , compiled from the JPL Small-Body Database (orbit solution JPL 1) and JPL Close Approach Data, with size and risk fields derived by the Astrophyzix tracker. This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout dataset. Track live using the Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry Console . ( Image: Copyright © 2026 Astrophyzix 3D Orbital Viewer and Refinement System. ) On October 7, 2026 (UTC), JPL data resolve a close approach by 2026 TB3 , an Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid roughly 7 m across. It passes Earth on 9 October 2026 at about 04:50 TDB (≈ 04:49 UTC), at approximately 1.675 lunar distances (643,858 km) with a rela
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
port: October 7, 2026 Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On October 7, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 46 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2015 TS238 , passing at approximately 4.72 lunar distances (1,813,910 km) with a relative velocity near 15.8 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. Closest catalogued approach in observation window 2015 TS238 4.72 LD 1,813,910 km · 0.012125 au · v_rel
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
r 6, 2026 Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On October 6, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 49 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2015 TS238 , passing at approximately 4.72 lunar distances (1,813,910 km) with a relative velocity near 15.8 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. Closest catalogued approach in observation window 2015 TS238 4.72 LD 1,813,910 km · 0.012125 au · v_rel 15.81 km/s
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
atalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On October 5, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 45 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2015 TS238 , passing at approximately 4.72 lunar distances (1,813,910 km) with a relative velocity near 15.8 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. Closest catalogued approach in observation window 2015 TS238 4.72 LD 1,813,910 km · 0.012125 au · v_rel 15.81 km/s EARTH SURFA
es ranked by a weighted significance model. Multiple depth reports: plain English, scientific context, or full rigour. Real data. No AI-generated content, no scraping or copied data – just real, proactive space news. No jargon required. DATA FETCHED UTC 23:25:16 JD 2461318.4759 SEE LIVE ALERTS DONKI NeoWs NOAA SWPC Gra
ted significance model. Multiple depth reports: plain English, scientific context, or full rigour. Real data. No AI-generated content, no scraping or copied data – just real, proactive space news. No jargon required. DATA FETCHED UTC 23:25:16 JD 2461318.4759 SEE LIVE ALERTS DONKI NeoWs NOAA SWPC GraceDB Significance Level Elevated (49/100) Routine Notable Elevated Significant Historic Open live alert system Last fetched: 23:25:16 Warning: Space Weather Message NOAA :: 5 hours ago ⚠️ Surface Plain English NOAA has issued a space weather warning 5 hours ago. A formal warning means conditions hazardous to satellites, GPS accuracy, radio communications, or power grids are expected or already occ
ng & NASA CAD/Scout/Sentry System (v9.0) — now cross-checked against CNEOS Sentry and the JPL SBDB lookup tool for 2026 SA17 and 2024 TD16 ✅ Live sync: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:53:05 UTC · Monitoring window 2026-10-04 → 2026-10-10 📌 Cited and Featured by: 🔹 Asteroid Analysis on HackerNews 🔹 iAsk Student Astrophyzix Observat
Sentry System (v9.0) — now cross-checked against CNEOS Sentry and the JPL SBDB lookup tool for 2026 SA17 and 2024 TD16 ✅ Live sync: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:53:05 UTC · Monitoring window 2026-10-04 → 2026-10-10 📌 Cited and Featured by: 🔹 Asteroid Analysis on HackerNews 🔹 iAsk Student Astrophyzix Observatory Fleet Status 84 Total objects (−3 vs last sync) 2 PHA-class (1 identified: SWAN26Q) 4 Within 10 LD 1.95 Closest (LD) 7.7 Avg speed (km/s, all 84) 22,411 m Largest (ec0001 NEOCP) Of the 84 tracked objects, 2 are PHA-class; SWAN26Q (below) is confirmed as one of them. The other remains unidentified in the data seen so far. The single largest tracked object, ec0001 (NEOCP) at ≈ 22,411 m, still is
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
h close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On October 4, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 46 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2015 TS238 , passing at approximately 4.72 lunar distances (1,813,910 km) with a relative velocity near 15.8 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. CLOSEST CATALOGUED APPROACH IN OBSERVATION WINDOW 2015 TS238 4.72 LD 1,813,910 km · 0.012125 au · v_rel 15.81 km/s EARTH SURFACE 19.5 LD (FI
nd PHA Asteroid Close-Approach Summary: Looking back at September 2026 Earth close-approaches from 1–30 September 2026 inside 0.05 au (about 19.5 lunar distances), from the NASA/JPL SBDB Close Approach Data API. This is a month catalogue, not a live CNEOS Scout or Sentry stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracke
e-Approach Summary: Looking back at September 2026 Earth close-approaches from 1–30 September 2026 inside 0.05 au (about 19.5 lunar distances), from the NASA/JPL SBDB Close Approach Data API. This is a month catalogue, not a live CNEOS Scout or Sentry stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . In September 2026 , the JPL close-approach catalogue records 165 Earth encounters inside the 0.05 au filter. Thirteen passed inside one lunar distance. The closest was 2026 RT34 (pictured) on 13 September, at 0.055 lunar distances (20,965 km from Earth’s centre, about 14,600 km above the surface) and 13.1 km/s. 2026 SZ2 matched that miss distance a week later. No listed object was on an impact
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
pproach Report: October 3, 2026 Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On October 3, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 41 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2015 TS238 , passing at approximately 4.72 lunar distances (1,813,910 km) with a relative velocity near 15.8 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. Closest catalogued approach in observation window 2015 TS238 4.72 LD 1,813,910 km · 0.012125
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
ose-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On October 2, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 40 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2015 TS238 , passing at approximately 4.72 lunar distances (1,813,910 km) with a relative velocity near 15.8 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. CLOSEST CATALOGUED APPROACH IN OBSERVATION WINDOW 2015 TS238 4.72 LD 1,813,910 km · 0.012125 au · v_rel 15.81 km/s EARTH SURFACE 19.5 LD (FILTER
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
ose-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On October 1, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 39 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2015 TS238 , passing at approximately 4.72 lunar distances (1,813,910 km) with a relative velocity near 15.8 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. CLOSEST CATALOGUED APPROACH IN OBSERVATION Window Image: Astrophyzix Orbital Viewer 2015 TS238 4.72 LD 1,813,910 km · 0.012125 au · v_rel 15.81
rbital Profile · JPL SBDB Solution · SPK-ID 54655992 ✅ Data aligned with JPL SBDB · refined with Astrophyzix ORB-01 N-body integrator · synced Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:55 UTC Image © Copyright 2026 : Astrophyzix Digital Observatory Orbital Refinement System Apollo NEO 7-Day Data Arc 19 Observations Condition Code 7 ARI 32 /
SBDB Solution · SPK-ID 54655992 ✅ Data aligned with JPL SBDB · refined with Astrophyzix ORB-01 N-body integrator · synced Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:55 UTC Image © Copyright 2026 : Astrophyzix Digital Observatory Orbital Refinement System Apollo NEO 7-Day Data Arc 19 Observations Condition Code 7 ARI 32 / 100 NO IMPACT RISK — Not on Sentry Key Takeaways of Asteroid 2026 SX2 Close approach (CAD record): 28 Sep 2026 18:11 TDB, confirmed at 4.102 LD (≈ 0.01054 au) at 7.69 km/s. Tagged safe, with an Astrophyzix Risk Index of 32/100. Orbit class: Apollo NEO — a = 1.0436 au, e = 0.2373, i = 7.08°, orbital period ≈ 389.4 days (1.07 years). Its orbit is close in size to Earth's, similar to 2026 SA8 in thi
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On September 30, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 39 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2018 SP2 , passing at approximately 5.01 lunar distances (1,927,097 km) with a relative velocity near 14.3 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. CLOSEST CATALOGUED APPROACH IN OBSERVATION WINDOW 2018 SP2 5.01 LD 1,927,097 km · 0.012882 au · v_rel 14.26 km/s EARTH SURFACE 19.5 LD (FILT
Catalogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source).
talogued Earth close-approaches across a 7-day window from the NASA NeoWs feed (JPL small-body solutions; cached at source). This bulletin is a catalogue report, not a live CNEOS CAD/Scout stream. Live Multi-watch CAD/Scout/Sentry tracker . On September 28, 2026 (UTC), screening of the NASA NeoWs catalogue resolves 34 near-Earth object close approaches across the report window. The single closest encounter is 2018 SP2 , passing at approximately 5.01 lunar distances (1,927,097 km) with a relative velocity near 14.3 km/s. No listed object is on an impacting trajectory. CLOSEST CATALOGUED APPROACH IN OBSERVATION WINDOW 2018 SP2 5.01 LD 1,927,097 km · 0.012882 au · v_rel 14.26 km/s EARTH SURFACE
Object · Scout preliminary triage ⚠ Unconfirmed object: Scout NEOCP preliminary orbit, last run 2026-09-16 18:24 UTC · not yet in JPL SBDB/CAD or Sentry 📌 Cited by: kagi Google AI | Copilot Answers | Hacker News | Bing AI | GIBIRU news Scout NEOCP 9 Observations / 743-day arc ARI 60 / 100 PHA-CLASS (Scout score) — not
minary triage ⚠ Unconfirmed object: Scout NEOCP preliminary orbit, last run 2026-09-16 18:24 UTC · not yet in JPL SBDB/CAD or Sentry 📌 Cited by: kagi Google AI | Copilot Answers | Hacker News | Bing AI | GIBIRU news Scout NEOCP 9 Observations / 743-day arc ARI 60 / 100 PHA-CLASS (Scout score) — not Sentry-confirmed Key Takeaways of SWAN26Q Status: SWAN26Q is an unconfirmed Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page (NEOCP) candidate, triaged by NASA's Scout system rather than carrying a confirmed JPL orbit. It has not yet been evaluated by Sentry. Most recent data point: last Scout run 2026-09-16 18:24 UTC, based on 9 observations spanning a 743-day arc — sparse but long-baseline tracking. Current
JPL Close-Approach Data (CAD) · confirmed solution, 2-day arc, updated 28 September 2026 📌 Cited and Featured by: 🔹 Google AI 🔹 Copilot Answers 🔹 Kagi News 🔹 Bing AI 🔹 News Nook 🔹 iAsk Student 🔹 Google Gemini 🔹 ChatGPT 🔹 Grok Sun Perihelion 0.818 au Aphelion 1.31 au Earth · 2026 SA8 approach 28 Sep 2026 Mercury Venus E
ata (CAD) · confirmed solution, 2-day arc, updated 28 September 2026 📌 Cited and Featured by: 🔹 Google AI 🔹 Copilot Answers 🔹 Kagi News 🔹 Bing AI 🔹 News Nook 🔹 iAsk Student 🔹 Google Gemini 🔹 ChatGPT 🔹 Grok Sun Perihelion 0.818 au Aphelion 1.31 au Earth · 2026 SA8 approach 28 Sep 2026 Mercury Venus Earth Mars 2026 SA8 Top-down schematic. Orbit size and shape are drawn from the published elements (a, e, q, Q); the orientation of the orbit and the marked encounter point are approximate. 2026 SA8's orbit is nearly the same size as Earth's — an Apollo that happens to cross very close to home. Apollo NEO 2-Day Data Arc 11 Observations ARI 43 / 100 NO IMPACT RISK — Not on Sentry Key Takeaways of As