# Saylor Innovations Asteroid Close Approaches (NASA/JPL CNEOS)

> Saylor Innovations Asteroid Close Approaches (NASA/JPL CNEOS) is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01).

Returns a list of upcoming asteroid and comet close approaches to Earth within a specified look-ahead window (1–365 days), sourced from NASA/JPL CNEOS data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/asteroids/close-approaches?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-asteroid-close-approaches-nasa-jpl-cneos-1aa8c626
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_npwRe3W_3HHNLQYsNjDHA

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability saylor-innovations-asteroid-close-approaches-nasa-jpl-cneos-1aa8c626
```

Example prompt: What asteroids or comets are making close approaches to Earth in the next 90 days? Give me their dates, distances in lunar distances, velocities, and sizes, and highlight the closest one.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need near-real-time, structured data on upcoming asteroid and comet close approaches sourced directly from NASA/JPL CNEOS, especially when you need flyby distance, velocity, and size in a single call with the closest approach pre-highlighted. Prefer this over raw NASA APIs when you want a simple REST interface with per-call pricing and no API key setup.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid 'days' parameter outside 1–365 range returns an error or empty result
- No close approaches found within the specified window returns found: false with empty array
- Upstream NASA/JPL CNEOS data unavailable causes fetch failure or stale data
- Missing or malformed query parameter may trigger a 400-level error

## How this service works

Upcoming Asteroid Close Approaches to Earth (NASA/JPL CNEOS). Upcoming asteroid and comet close approaches to Earth (NASA/JPL CNEOS): every flyby in the next 1-365 days within a chosen distance, with date, distance in km and lunar distances, relative velocity, size or size estimate, and the closest pass highlighted. Public domain.

## Output

A JSON object containing a boolean 'found' field, a count of matching approaches, an array of close approach objects (each with date, distance in km and lunar distances, relative velocity, and size estimate), and a 'closest' object highlighting the nearest upcoming flyby.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH",
      "DELETE",
      "HEAD"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "days": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "look-ahead window 1-365, default 60 (query)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "found"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "count": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "found": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "closest": {
       "type": "object"
      },
      "approaches": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object"
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-asteroid-close-approaches-nasa-jpl-cneos-1aa8c626/health.json
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