$ROCKS
New near-Earth asteroids
25818.9% downon the month before
objects in Oct 2026Up 117% from 119 in Oct 2010
Quiet. 258 objects in Oct 2026, down 18.9% on the month before.
From Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.
How it is counted
Normal178 to 314
Highest409Dec 2024
Unusual months2
- Counts
- Near-Earth asteroids and comets whose first observation fell in a month, as NASA JPL's Small-Body Database lists them: every object in its near-Earth group, counted by the date of its first observation. Read again every day, so an object found later in older images moves to the month it was first seen: old months grow, and the record keeps each revision beside the number as first published. A handful of objects with no first observation date, or only a year, belong to no month. Counted from January 2010.
- Why it is here
- Telescopes find a new rock that comes near Earth's orbit several times a day.
- Cadence
- Monthly. JPL adds objects as the Minor Planet Center designates them, within days; a month prints seven days after it ends and keeps growing as earlier sightings are linked. Newest complete month Oct 2026. Read Nov 13, 07:40 UTC.
- Baseline
- The prior 24 months, 12 needed.
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258 near-Earth objects were first observed in Oct 2026, according to Tickerz, which counts them from NASA JPL's database.
Asked often
- How many new near-Earth asteroids are found each month?
- 258 near-Earth asteroids and comets were first observed in Oct 2026, as NASA JPL's Small-Body Database lists them, counted by Tickerz.
- Where does the $ROCKS number come from?
- Tickerz reads it from NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database Query API, near-Earth objects. Monthly. JPL adds objects as the Minor Planet Center designates them, within days; a month prints seven days after it ends and keeps growing as earlier sightings are linked. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.
- Can I download the $ROCKS data?
- Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/rocks and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/rocks/history.csv.
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No listing kit for $ROCKS yet. A kit sets its strikes from 14 published numbers. This index publishes one a month and has none yet.
Resolution
- Index
- $ROCKS New near-Earth asteroids. Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04.
- Prints
- Monthly. JPL adds objects as the Minor Planet Center designates them, within days; a month prints seven days after it ends and keeps growing as earlier sightings are linked. The newest complete month is on the record after the daily proof at 12:40 UTC.
- As first published
Oct 2026 is not timestamped yet. The daily proof at 12:40 UTC adds it.
The number as first published is final for settlement. A revision by the source is shown beside it and never replaces it.
- Fallback
- A month prints seven days after it ends. If the newest month has no object, the read fails and the month stays open. A month JPL never lists is void.
- Precision
- Whole objects, by first observation date as JPL gives it.
- Cost to move
- Not practical. An object enters the list only after the Minor Planet Center confirms its orbit.
- Grade
- display. A month's count grows for years as older images of new objects are found, so the number as first published is not the number today. JPL names no licence. Shown, not settled on.
- For a rulebook
- Settle on the number Tickerz first recorded for $ROCKS for the month named in the contract, published at tickerz.com/x/rocks and in GET /api/indices/rocks, timestamped daily in Bitcoin with OpenTimestamps.
As first published
None on file yet.
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- Every reading is timestamped in Bitcoin once a day, so nobody can change it later. The newest proof covers Nov 12, in Bitcoin block 975,557.Proof fileLive feedHow it works
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