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Asteroid 2016 AF2

2016 AF2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 10 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 23 Dec 1916 at 3.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

10 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

3.63 LD

23 Dec 1916

Speed relative to Earth

5.7 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.9

Lower means larger