2002 NY40
is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately in diameter. The contact binary with a bilobated, peanut-like shape was first observed on 14 July 2002 by the LINEAR automated system in New Mexico. On 18 August 2002, it passed Earth at a distance of 540,000 km. It was observed with adaptive optics by the Midcourse Space Experiment.