(2018 RD2) — Close Approach
Asteroid (2018 RD2) will pass within 0.0499 AU (7,471,152 km) of Earth on 2026-09-01. Estimated diameter: 0.010–0.023 km. Velocity: 9.6 km/s.
Geographic Context
This asteroid event occurred at coordinates 0.00°, 0.00°.
Event Assessment
This event is a asteroid event classified as low severity. Calamity.live has classified it as "low" severity. 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
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Event Data
| Type | Asteroid |
| Severity | low |
| Severity Value | 0 |
| Calamity Score | 7 / 100 |
| Confidence | 49% |
| Coordinates | 0.0000, 0.0000 |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-01T08:10:00.000Z |
| Source | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=3827321 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| AbsoluteMagnitude | 27.08 |
| DiameterMinKm | 0.0101989386 |
| DiameterMaxKm | 0.02280552 |
| IsPotentiallyHazardous | false |
| CloseApproachDate | 2026-09-01 |
| MinDistAu | 0.0499415688 |
| MinDistKm | 7471152.316938456 |
| VelocityKms | 9.5830420759 |
Safety Information
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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.