Asteroid 2009 WY7

2009 WY7 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 60 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 5 Dec 1988 at 3.0 lunar distances.

Estimated size

60 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

3.00 LD

5 Dec 1988

Speed relative to Earth

12.9 km/s

Brightness (H)

24.1

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.

2009 WY7
10 Nov 1999 · 9837 d ago · 60 m · 12.4 km/s
18.2 LD
6,992,403 km
2009 WY7
6 Dec 1998 · 10176 d ago · 60 m · 14.1 km/s
8.93 LD
3,432,600 km
2009 WY7
7 Nov 1989 · 13493 d ago · 60 m · 12.7 km/s
14.9 LD
5,719,317 km
2009 WY7
5 Dec 1988 · 13830 d ago · 60 m · 13.6 km/s
3.00 LD
1,152,529 km
2009 WY7
2 Nov 1960 · 24089 d ago · 60 m · 13.7 km/s
12.8 LD
4,913,063 km
2009 WY7
2 Dec 1959 · 24425 d ago · 60 m · 12.7 km/s
10.5 LD
4,048,101 km
2009 WY7
8 Nov 1950 · 27736 d ago · 60 m · 12.5 km/s
17.2 LD
6,625,628 km
2009 WY7
6 Dec 1949 · 28073 d ago · 60 m · 14.1 km/s
9.03 LD
3,471,104 km
2009 WY7
6 Nov 1931 · 34679 d ago · 60 m · 12.9 km/s
14.1 LD
5,432,373 km
2009 WY7
5 Dec 1930 · 35014 d ago · 60 m · 13.6 km/s
3.21 LD
1,235,744 km
2009 WY7
1 Nov 1922 · 37970 d ago · 60 m · 14.5 km/s
18.2 LD
7,001,356 km
2009 WY7
30 Nov 1921 · 38307 d ago · 60 m · 12.5 km/s
14.4 LD
5,555,837 km
2009 WY7
3 Nov 1903 · 44908 d ago · 60 m · 13.3 km/s
12.6 LD
4,825,516 km
2009 WY7
2 Dec 1902 · 45244 d ago · 60 m · 12.9 km/s
6.72 LD
2,584,693 km