Time of discovery of asteroids which came closer to Earth than the Moon in 2018
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- After closest approach: 54 (58.1%)
- < 24 hours before: 11 (11.8%)
- up to 7 days before: 26 (28.0%)
- > one week before: 0 (0.0%)
- > 7 weeks before: 0 (0.0%)
- > one year before: 2 (2.2%)
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Simulated animation of 2017 YE5, a binary system asteroid, which came within 15.5 lunar distances in June 2019
Below is the list of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2018.