Calamity
mediumAsteroidCalamity Score: 7

221455 (2006 BC10) — Close Approach

in 14hSource: neows

Asteroid 221455 (2006 BC10) will pass within 0.0240 AU (3,584,833 km) of Earth on 2026-08-28. Estimated diameter: 0.332–0.741 km. Velocity: 19.0 km/s. Classified as Potentially Hazardous.

Geographic Context

This asteroid event occurred at coordinates 0.00°, 0.00°.

Event Assessment

This event is a asteroid event classified as medium severity. Calamity.live has classified it as "medium" severity with a severity value of 52. The computed Calamity Score is 7 out of 100, suggesting contained impact at this time. The primary scoring components are: population (10), intensity (8), historical (4). Data for this event was sourced from neows, one of the 250 scientific monitoring sources aggregated by Calamity.live.

Regional Monitoring Context

This asteroid event is being tracked through Calamity.live's global monitoring network, which aggregates data from 250 scientific sources. Real-time monitoring and multi-source verification help ensure data accuracy and timely reporting of significant natural hazard events worldwide.

Event Data

TypeAsteroid
Severitymedium
Severity Value52
Calamity Score7 / 100
Confidence49%
Coordinates0.0000, 0.0000
Timestamp2026-08-28T15:47:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2221455

Score Breakdown

8
intensity
10
population
0
cascading
4
historical

Technical Details

AbsoluteMagnitude19.52
DiameterMinKm0.3315545381
DiameterMaxKm0.7413784854
IsPotentiallyHazardoustrue
CloseApproachDate2026-08-28
MinDistAu0.023963128
MinDistKm3584832.90733736
VelocityKms19.003204075

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Calamity.live data shows a asteroid event with CalamityScore 7/100, based on data from neows. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 197 scientific monitoring sources.