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Asteroid 2008 LH2

2008 LH2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 52 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 1 Jun 1945 at 3.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

52 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

3.48 LD

1 Jun 1945

Speed relative to Earth

8.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

24.4

Lower means larger