Asteroid 2026 JV3 passed Earth at a distance of 0.130 lunar distances (0.00034 AU \/ 50 900 km \/ 31 600 miles) from the center of our planet at 22:59 UTC on May 14, 2026, becoming the 6th<\/sup> closest known asteroid flyby within 1 LD recorded so far this year. Its closest point was about 44 500 km (27 700 miles) above Earth\u2019s surface.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n 2026 JV3 is one of 75 known asteroids to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2026. Based on nominal LD distance, it ranks as the 6th<\/sup> closest known asteroid flyby within 1 LD recorded so far this year.<\/p>\n The object was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona at 09:05 UTC on May 14 \u2014 about 13 hours and 54 minutes before closest approach.<\/p>\n The object belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids. It has an estimated diameter of 2.1 to 4.6 m (6.9 to 15 feet) and an absolute magnitude of 30.6.<\/p>\n Data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration\u2019s (NASA) Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) show the asteroid\u2019s relative velocity at close approach was 12.69 km\/s.<\/p>\n The current Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) orbit solution is based on 30 observations over a 1-day data arc and has a condition code of 6 on a scale from 0 to 9, where 0 indicates a well-determined orbit and 9 indicates very high orbital uncertainty.<\/p>\n References:<\/p>\n![\"asteroid](\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/asteroid-2026-jv3-orbit-diagram-1024x725.webp\")