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Asteroid 2012 CU

2012 CU is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 24 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 21 Oct 1932 at 2.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

24 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

2.83 LD

21 Oct 1932

Speed relative to Earth

10.8 km/s

Brightness (H)

26.09

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.