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Asteroid 2013 UQ8

2013 UQ8 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 30 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 23 Jul 1950 at 4.4 lunar distances.

Estimated size

30 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

4.36 LD

23 Jul 1950

Speed relative to Earth

10.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

25.6

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.