None of these newly discovered asteroids are closer then 10LD Asteroid 2018 KJ is currently 11.19 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-May-12 Asteroid 2018 KK is currently 12.05 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-May-21 Asteroid 2018 KO is currently 13.80 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-May-15
Asteroid 2018 KC is currently 3.06 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-May-13 Orbital diagram can be found here NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser Asteroid 2018 JH3 is currently 11.15 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-May-10 Orbital diagram can be found here NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser
In Nov. 2010, the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona discovered a near-Earth asteroid as wide as a football field. Before astronomers could fully trace its orbit, however, the receding space rock faded away. It has been lost ever since–that is, until last week when it reappeared, approaching Earth. The name of the asteroid is 2010 WC9. Marian Urbanik of Čadca, Slovakia, photographed
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