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Asteroid 2008 EM7

2008 EM7 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 219 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 9 Sept 1967 at 12.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

219 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

12.76 LD

9 Sept 1967

Speed relative to Earth

18.6 km/s

Brightness (H)

21.29

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.