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Tiny asteroid 2026 RD slides by at about 2.7 lunar distances

Origin Lane: neoNASA JPL / CNEOS product locus (Pasadena) — no impact locationBy the Doom Signals desk

A very small near-Earth asteroid labeled 2026 RD makes a close approach to Earth Sunday afternoon on NASA/JPL CNEOS numbers — near enough for the archive, far from an impact story.

Agency product locus pin (NASA JPL / CNEOS, Pasadena ~34.20N, 118.17W) — not an impact site. Source map
Object
2026 RD · Apollo NEO · PHA false · H ~28.64
Close approach
2026-Sep-06 18:40 TDB
Distance
0.006970 au nominal (~2.71 LD)
Velocity
v_rel ~5.86 km/s
Sentry
Not found for this designation at desk check
Same-day nearer
2026 RA1 ~2.04 LD at 02:18 TDB (already boarded)

Primary: NASA/JPL CNEOS CAD and SBDB for 2026 RD. Sentry API returned object not found at desk check.

What it is not: an impact; a PHA; inventing size in meters beyond H; a duplicate of RA1/RG/OH3/NT2; ECDO; solar/SWPC.

Why it matters

Archive neo pin for a ~2.7 LD miss by a tiny Apollo object. Distinct from boarded RA1 / RG / OH3 / NT2.

Sources

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