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Asteroid 171576 1999 VP11

171576 1999 VP11 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 730 m across, about the size of a small town. Its closest recorded pass was on 21 Oct 1982 at 2.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

730 m

about the size of a small town

Closest pass on record

2.77 LD

21 Oct 1982

Speed relative to Earth

22.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

18.68

Lower means larger