jpl.asteroids.approaches
Retrieve NASA JPL asteroid close-approach data to track near-Earth objects by date, distance, size, and velocity for monitoring and analysis.
Instructions
Get upcoming and past asteroid close approaches to Earth — distance, velocity, size, sorted by date or distance (NASA JPL)
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| date_min | No | Minimum close-approach date in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: now) | |
| date_max | No | Maximum close-approach date in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: +60 days) | |
| dist_max | No | Maximum approach distance in AU (e.g. "0.05" = ~7.5M km). Default: 0.05 | |
| h_max | No | Maximum absolute magnitude H (smaller H = larger object). Filter for brighter/bigger asteroids | |
| sort | No | Sort field (default: date) | |
| limit | No | Maximum number of results (default 20, max 100) |