These objects are tracked and are NOT on a collision course with Earth. “If it hits” is a hypothetical to show scale.
Near-Earth object · discovered 2016-01-08
2016 BV14 (2016 BV14)
43
watch score
How bigiEstimated from brightness and an assumed albedo. Radar or a spacecraft visit would tighten it.
162m
range 122–272 m
How closeiLD = lunar distance (~384,400 km). The closest the object's path brings it to Earth's centre.
19.0LD
range ≈7,310,642 km
How fastiVelocity relative to Earth at closest approach.
21.0747300884028km/s
range 21.0747300884028–21.0747300884028 km/s
CompositioniInferred from spectral type. Drives whether an impact would airburst or reach the ground.
Stony
range Stony (assumed)
If it hit — a scale comparison, not a forecast
How big is that, really?
Bus12 m
20-storey tower65 m
This object162 m
Stadium250 m
Eiffel Tower330 m
Impact energyiKinetic energy converted to TNT-equivalent, with the size and speed ranges propagated through.
455 Mt
range 194 Mt – 2152 Mt
Where that sits
Hiroshima
Chelyabinsk
Tunguska
Tsar Bomba
An object this size would reach the ground and excavate a crater. The figures below are a scale comparison — (2016 BV14) is not on an impact trajectory.