2012 TV is a near-Earth Apollo asteroid with an estimated diameter of . Its closest approach to the Earth was on 7 October 2012, with a distance of . It also approached the Moon an hour earlier with a distance of . With a short observation arc of 1.8 days, the asteroid is listed on the Sentry Risk Table and has a 1:500,000 chance of impacting Earth on 2 April 2081.
As it will come to perihelion in mid-February 2022, it will be approaching Earth from the direction of the Sun. The closest approach possible during April 2022 is , but it is expected to pass millions of kilometers from Earth.
+2022 close approach Date JPL SBDBnominal geocentricdistance uncertaintyregion(3-sigma)2022-04-05.2 ± 4.3 days 7.4 million km ± 11.6 million km
See also List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2022 List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2012
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