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Asteroid 2012 BX34

2012 BX34 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 12 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 27 Jan 1959 at 0.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

12 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

0.53 LD

27 Jan 1959

Speed relative to Earth

9.6 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.6

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.