Small asteroid 2026 RG15 will enter Earth’s atmosphere on September 15, 2026
Small asteroid 2026 RG15 will enter Earth’s atmosphere at 07:36 UTC on September 15, 2026, with the nominal NASA/JPL CNEOS geocentric close-approach solution placing the object inside Earth’s mean radius.
NASA/JPL CNEOS close-approach data give an absolute magnitude (H) of 25.775 and a nominal relative velocity of 9.13 km/s (5.68 mi/s).
NASA/JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) lists 2026 RG15 as an Apollo-type near-Earth object, with listed orbital elements including an eccentricity of 0.309, a semi-major axis of 1.4 AU, a perihelion distance of 0.968 AU, and an inclination of 12.38°.
The database does not classify 2026 RG15 as potentially hazardous and lists no direct diameter or albedo value for the object.
2026 RG15 was first observed on September 12, 2026. The orbit solution carries a condition code of 8, meaning the orbit is uncertain or preliminary.
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