page_title: 2018 LF16
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 LF16
caption_attribution_description: English: en:2018 LF16 orbit, with 30 day motion markers
context_page_description: 2018 LF₁₆ is a small near-Earth asteroid of the Amor group, first observed by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory on 14 June 2018. Based on limited observations, early estimates of its size of 213 m would make it extremely destructive if it collided with Earth, but predicted orbits make a collision unlikely.
  In November 2018, news article headlines exaggerated claims of 62 potentially dangerous Earth-orbit crossings in the next century but also reported NASA calculations indicating there is only a 1 in 30,000,000 chance of impact. Additionally, 2018 LF₁₆ is rated at 0 on the Torino Scale, meaning that the chance of impact is so low as to effectively be zero. The observation arc extends only 1.8 days, leaving large uncertainties in its predicted motion, causing 2018 LF₁₆ to be considered a lost asteroid.
  Its current best orbit leaves it entirely outside of Earth's orbit, never coming closer than 0.13 AU to Earth.
  It is placed 9492nd on near-Earth asteroid Tisserand parameters list.
context_section_description: 2018 LF₁₆ is a small near-Earth asteroid of the Amor group, first observed by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory on 14 June 2018. Based on limited observations, early estimates of its size of 213 m (699 ft) would make it extremely destructive if it collided with Earth, but predicted orbits make a collision unlikely. 
  In November 2018, news article headlines exaggerated claims of 62 potentially dangerous Earth-orbit crossings in the next century but also reported NASA calculations indicating there is only a 1 in 30,000,000 chance of impact. Additionally, 2018 LF₁₆ is rated at 0 on the Torino Scale, meaning that the chance of impact is so low as to effectively be zero. The observation arc extends only 1.8 days, leaving large uncertainties in its predicted motion, causing 2018 LF₁₆ to be considered a lost asteroid.
  Its current best orbit leaves it entirely outside of Earth's orbit, never coming closer than 0.13 AU to Earth (MOID).
  It is placed 9492nd on near-Earth asteroid Tisserand parameters list.
caption: The best inclined orbit is currently completely outside Earth's orbit, with markers every 30 days of motion.
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