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Asteroid 2009 WV25

2009 WV25 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 63 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 1 Dec 1971 at 2.9 lunar distances.

Estimated size

63 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

2.89 LD

1 Dec 1971

Speed relative to Earth

11.5 km/s

Brightness (H)

24

Lower means larger