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Asteroid 2009 HL21

2009 HL21 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 123 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 16 Jan 1962 at 3.3 lunar distances.

Estimated size

123 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

3.25 LD

16 Jan 1962

Speed relative to Earth

8.8 km/s

Brightness (H)

22.55

Lower means larger