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Asteroid 2016 LW9

2016 LW9 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 148 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 12 May 1909 at 15.0 lunar distances.

Estimated size

148 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

15.04 LD

12 May 1909

Speed relative to Earth

25.9 km/s

Brightness (H)

22.15

Lower means larger