Asteroid 2026 VR5 will fly past Earth at 0.74 LD on November 8, 2026
Asteroid 2026 VR5 will fly past Earth at 13:53 UTC on November 8, 2026, passing about 284 000 km (176 000 miles), or 0.74 LD, from the center of Earth.
NASA/JPL CNEOS close-approach data give an absolute magnitude (H) of 29.129 but no direct diameter range, while the relative velocity at close approach was 16.09 km/s (9.99 mi/s).
NASA/JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) lists 2026 VR5 as an Apollo-type near-Earth object, with listed orbital elements including an eccentricity of 0.57, a semi-major axis of 1.568 AU, a perihelion distance of 0.674 AU, and an inclination of 1.46°.
The database does not classify 2026 VR5 as potentially hazardous and lists no direct diameter or albedo value for the object.
2026 VR5 was first observed on November 7, 2026. The orbit solution carries a condition code of 7, meaning the orbit is uncertain or preliminary.