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Asteroid 2011 EH17

2011 EH17 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 43 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 1 Mar 1934 at 3.4 lunar distances.

Estimated size

43 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

3.42 LD

1 Mar 1934

Speed relative to Earth

19.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

24.82

Lower means larger