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Asteroid 163249 2002 GT

163249 2002 GT is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 723 m across, about the size of a small town. Its closest recorded pass was on 23 Oct 1924 at 10.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

723 m

about the size of a small town

Closest pass on record

10.53 LD

23 Oct 1924

Speed relative to Earth

9.7 km/s

Brightness (H)

18.7

Lower means larger