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Asteroid 2005 VL1

2005 VL1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 20 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 27 Oct 1965 at 0.9 lunar distances.

Estimated size

20 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

0.89 LD

27 Oct 1965

Speed relative to Earth

6.7 km/s

Brightness (H)

26.45

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.