Asteroid 2026 VS8 will fly past Earth at 0.77 LD on November 11, 2026

Asteroid 2026 VS8 will fly past Earth at 13:48 UTC on November 11, 2026, passing about 295 000 km (183 000 miles), or 0.77 LD, from the center of Earth.

NASA/JPL CNEOS close-approach data give an absolute magnitude (H) of 29.896 but no direct diameter range, while the relative velocity at close approach will be 14.25 km/s (8.86 mi/s).

NASA/JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) lists 2026 VS8 as an Apollo-type near-Earth object, with listed orbital elements including an eccentricity of 0.524, a semi-major axis of 1.527 AU, a perihelion distance of 0.728 AU, and an inclination of 0.48°.

The database does not classify 2026 VS8 as potentially hazardous and lists no direct diameter or albedo value for the object.

2026 VS8 was first observed on November 9, 2026, and last observed on November 10, 2026. The orbit solution carries a condition code of 7, meaning the orbit is uncertain or preliminary.

Other recent objects in the 1 LD watchlist included 2026 VW7, which flew past Earth at 00:50 UTC on November 4 at 0.11 LD. The same list also included 2026 VR5, 2026 VL5, 2026 VO5, 2026 VP1 and 2026 VG3, all of which passed earlier in November at nominal geocentric distances between 0.14 LD and 0.74 LD.