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Asteroid 2014 MV18

2014 MV18 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 68 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 6 Jul 1971 at 4.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

68 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

4.81 LD

6 Jul 1971

Speed relative to Earth

6.8 km/s

Brightness (H)

23.83

Lower means larger