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Asteroid 2006 HC2

2006 HC2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 176 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 19 Apr 1901 at 6.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

176 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

6.62 LD

19 Apr 1901

Speed relative to Earth

11.9 km/s

Brightness (H)

21.77

Lower means larger