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Asteroid 2010 VB1

2010 VB1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 87 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 6 Jan 1936 at 0.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

87 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

0.55 LD

6 Jan 1936

Speed relative to Earth

7.3 km/s

Brightness (H)

23.29

Lower means larger