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Recently Discovered Near-Earth Asteroids

Newly catalogued near-Earth asteroids — the latest finds making close approaches, with discovery year, distance and live orbits.
All objectsPotentially hazardousClose approachesVisited by spacecraftImpact risk listRecently discovered
ObjectDiscoveredNext passApproaches inMiss distanceEst. size
2026 LC2
 20262026-Jun-27—8.8 LD~38 m
2026 MP1
 20262026-Jun-27—17.5 LD~101 m
2026 MX3
 20262026-Jun-27—13.6 LD~24 m
2026 MQ2
 20262026-Jun-28—1.3 LD~11 m
2026 MN1
 20262026-Jun-28—9.5 LD~18 m
2026 MJ1
 20262026-Jun-30—1.5 LD~13 m
2026 MD
 20262026-Jun-30—7.8 LD~43 m
2026 MW2
 20262026-Jun-30—5.1 LD~24 m
2026 MP3
 20262026-Jul-05—10.8 LD~46 m
2026 MO1
 20262026-Jul-08—5.9 LD~36 m
2026 MQ1
 20262026-Jul-10—11.8 LD~47 m
2026 MQ3
 20262026-Jul-16—12.4 LD~152 m
2025 PN7
 20252026-Jul-17—11.6 LD~19 m
2025 MB90
 20252026-Jul-19—5.0 LD~54 m
2026 KU3
 20262026-Jul-24—7.7 LD~80 m
2025 OW
 20252026-Jul-30—16.0 LD~70 m
2025 AL2
 20252026-Aug-16—2.8 LD~100 m
2025 DU7
 20252026-Aug-19—8.7 LD~5 m
2025 FY11
 20252026-Aug-20—19.2 LD~6 m
2025 QM9
 20252026-Aug-28—15.2 LD~20 m
2025 CL3
 20252026-Sep-01—9.5 LD~30 m
2025 QV5
 20252026-Sep-02—14.1 LD~12 m
2025 RQ2
 20252026-Sep-11—17.4 LD~17 m
2025 SC
 20252026-Sep-14—19.2 LD~3 m

Surveys catalogue new near-Earth asteroids almost every night. The objects above were discovered within roughly the last year and have a close approach coming up — fresh finds whose orbits are still being refined. Provisional names (like 2026 MK2) encode the discovery year in their first four digits.

Newly found objects sometimes appear briefly on the impact-monitoring list while their orbits are uncertain, then drop off as more observations come in. Watch them pass on the close-approach calendar.

Frequently asked questions
How are new near-Earth asteroids discovered?
Automated sky surveys image the same patches of sky repeatedly and flag anything that moves against the stars. New objects get a provisional designation encoding the discovery year, then their orbit is refined as more observations accumulate.
Why do newly discovered asteroids sometimes look risky at first?
With only a few days of observations, an orbit has large uncertainty, so a wide range of future paths — including very distant Earth approaches — can’t yet be ruled out. As tracking continues the uncertainty collapses and almost all are cleared.
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