Close approach
Great Pyramid of Giza-sized asteroid 2026 UT2
25 LD · ~152 m
25 LD
lunar distances from Earth
9,616,722 km
distance from Earth’s center
86–270 m
estimated diameter
Great Pyramid of Giza
roughly the size of
2026 UT2 · ~152 mGreat Pyramid of Giza · 138.5 m
100 m
Drawn to scale.
2026 UT2 passes about 25× the distance to the Moon from Earth (9,616,722 km). It is 86–270 m across (estimated). If a rock this size hit Earth, the result would be destruction across a metropolitan region, with a crater kilometers wide — or a major tsunami from an ocean impact. This is a routine close approach with no known impact risk.
For the background, read Impact risk in Asteroids.
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