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Asteroid 2015 XF261

2015 XF261 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 35 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 9 Apr 1909 at 3.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

35 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

3.62 LD

9 Apr 1909

Speed relative to Earth

9.8 km/s

Brightness (H)

25.25

Lower means larger