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Asteroid 2015 BK4

2015 BK4 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 42 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 12 May 1963 at 3.4 lunar distances.

Estimated size

42 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

3.41 LD

12 May 1963

Speed relative to Earth

10.7 km/s

Brightness (H)

24.9

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.