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Asteroid 2015 XN55

2015 XN55 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 14 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 16 Dec 1940 at 5.0 lunar distances.

Estimated size

14 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

4.95 LD

16 Dec 1940

Speed relative to Earth

5.8 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.2

Lower means larger