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Asteroid 2010 WC9

2010 WC9 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 74 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 17 Nov 1982 at 2.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

74 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

2.62 LD

17 Nov 1982

Speed relative to Earth

13.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

23.66

Lower means larger