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Asteroid 2015 QH3

2015 QH3 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 16 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 20 Aug 1956 at 4.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

16 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

4.77 LD

20 Aug 1956

Speed relative to Earth

7.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

27

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.