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Asteroid 2016 CE

2016 CE is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 8 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 4 Feb 1971 at 0.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

8 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

0.82 LD

4 Feb 1971

Speed relative to Earth

8.3 km/s

Brightness (H)

28.5

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.