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Asteroid 2006 HE2

2006 HE2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 20 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 26 Sept 1929 at 4.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

20 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

4.54 LD

26 Sept 1929

Speed relative to Earth

5.3 km/s

Brightness (H)

26.5

Lower means larger