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 2011-06-09
530520 530520 (2011 LT17)
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watch score
How bigiEstimated from brightness and an assumed albedo. Radar or a spacecraft visit would tighten it.
152m
range 113–254 m
How closeiLD = lunar distance (~384,400 km). The closest the object's path brings it to Earth's centre.
16.0LD
range ≈6,155,491 km
How fastiVelocity relative to Earth at closest approach.
14.5650848922509km/s
range 14.5650848922509–14.5650848922509 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 object152 m
Stadium250 m
Eiffel Tower330 m
Impact energyiKinetic energy converted to TNT-equivalent, with the size and speed ranges propagated through.
223 Mt
range 91 Mt – 1038 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 — 530520 (2011 LT17) is not on an impact trajectory.