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Asteroid 2014 GC49

2014 GC49 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 8 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 2 Apr 1912 at 1.2 lunar distances.

Estimated size

8 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

1.23 LD

2 Apr 1912

Speed relative to Earth

17.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

28.6

Lower means larger