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Asteroid 2012 EA

2012 EA is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 17 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 3 Mar 1913 at 2.2 lunar distances.

Estimated size

17 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

2.22 LD

3 Mar 1913

Speed relative to Earth

5.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

26.9

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.