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Asteroid 2009 UY17

2009 UY17 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 260 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 15 Oct 1989 at 5.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

260 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

5.75 LD

15 Oct 1989

Speed relative to Earth

21.3 km/s

Brightness (H)

20.92

Lower means larger