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Asteroid 2015 NU13

2015 NU13 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 510 m across, about the size of a small town. Its closest recorded pass was on 9 Jan 1974 at 14.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

510 m

about the size of a small town

Closest pass on record

14.85 LD

9 Jan 1974

Speed relative to Earth

15.3 km/s

Brightness (H)

19.46

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.