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 2016-07-03
2016 NV (2016 NV)
How bigiEstimated from brightness and an assumed albedo. Radar or a spacecraft visit would tighten it.
379m
range 284–634 m
How closeiLD = lunar distance (~384,400 km). The closest the object's path brings it to Earth's centre.
14.3LD
range ≈5,478,017 km
How fastiVelocity relative to Earth at closest approach.
10.4km/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
Stadium250 m
Eiffel Tower330 m
This object379 m
Impact energyiKinetic energy converted to TNT-equivalent, with the size and speed ranges propagated through.
2387 Mt
range 1004 Mt – 11175 Mt
An object this size would reach the ground and excavate a crater. The figures below are a scale comparison — (2016 NV) is not on an impact trajectory.
Can I see it?
Far too faint for the eye or amateur telescopes (mag ≈ 19.86). Tracked by professional surveys only.
Is it on a risk list?
Not on the CNEOS or ESA risk lists. No known impact solution for this object.
Data: NASA/JPL CNEOS · ESA NEOCC · IAU MPC.