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Asteroid 2016 CO247

2016 CO247 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 300 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 16 Jul 1939 at 10.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

300 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

10.58 LD

16 Jul 1939

Speed relative to Earth

18.2 km/s

Brightness (H)

20.61

Lower means larger