Close Approaches

{
  "approaches": [
    {
      "absoluteMagnitudeH": 27.678,
      "approachTdb": "2026-Oct-11 02:41",
      "daysFromNow": -0.3,
      "designation": "2026 TO8",
      "distanceAu": 0.00883807887207217,
      "distanceKm": 1322158,
      "distanceLunar": 3.44,
      "distanceMaxAu": 0.00887133814781987,
      "distanceMinAu": 0.00880481771091119,
      "estimatedDiameterM": {
        "largest": 17,
        "smallest": 8,
        "typical": 10
      },
      "name": "(2026 TO8)",
      "relativeSpeedKmS": 8.96,
      "timeUncertainty": "< 00:01"
    },
    {
      "absoluteMagnitudeH": 27.516,
      "approachTdb": "2026-Oct-11 06:40",
      "daysFromNow": -0.1,
      "designation": "2026 TL35",
      "distanceAu": 0.0130767386187265,
      "distanceKm": 1956252,
      "distanceLunar": 5.09,
      "distanceMaxAu": 0.0130984589909463,
      "distanceMinAu": 0.0130550171888763,
      "estimatedDiameterM": {
        "largest": 19,
        "smallest": 8,
        "typical": 11
      },
      "name": "(2026 TL35)",
      "relativeSpeedKmS": 5.3,
      "timeUncertainty": "< 00:01"
    }
  ],
  "asOf": "2026-10-11T08:41:42.685Z",
  "closest": {
    "approachTdb": "2026-Oct-14 23:57",
    "distanceLunar": 0.57,
    "name": "(2026 TP6)"
  },
  "degraded": false,
  "direction": "upcoming",
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "maxDistanceLD": 10,
  "notChecked": [
    "objects not yet discovered: many small objects are found only days after they pass",
    "close approaches beyond the distance limit",
    "…3 more"
  ],
  "reasons": [
    "2 listed pass(es) are inside the Moon's distance.",
    "7 more match but are not listed (limit 10).",
    "…1 more"
  ],
  "returned": 10,
  "source": "NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov",
  "summary": "17 known close approach(es) in the next 30 days within 10 lunar distances; 10 listed. Closest listed: (2026 TP6) at 0.57 lunar distances (219,173 km) on 2026-Oct-14 23:57.",
  "totalMatches": 17,
  "verdict": "INSIDE_LUNAR_ORBIT",
  "windowDays": 30
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/close-approaches?days=30&direction=upcoming&limit=10&maxDistanceLD=10'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/close-approaches?days=30&direction=upcoming&limit=10&maxDistanceLD=10' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspace-objects.x402tookit.com%2Fclose-approaches
const res = await pay("https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/close-approaches?days=30&direction=upcoming&limit=10&maxDistanceLD=10");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://space-objects.x402tookit.com/close-approaches?days=30&direction=upcoming&limit=10&maxDistanceLD=10")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)