A newly discovered asteroid designated 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.08 LD / 0.00019 AU (29 838 km / 18 540 miles) from the center of our planet at 09:18 UTC on Thursday, October 10, 2024.
This is the 88th known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the 13th so far this month.
Asteroid 2024 TH11 was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey, Arizona on October 11 — one day after it made its close approach to our planet.
The object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and has an estimated diameter between 9.4 and 21 m (30.8 – 68.9 feet).
References:
Asteroid 2024 TH11 at Minor Planet Center; at CNEOS