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Asteroid 2016 CN248

2016 CN248 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 14 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 13 Feb 1961 at 1.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

14 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

1.65 LD

13 Feb 1961

Speed relative to Earth

13.4 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.3

Lower means larger