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Asteroid 2016 WR

2016 WR is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 19 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 6 Nov 1917 at 3.7 lunar distances.

Estimated size

19 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

3.71 LD

6 Nov 1917

Speed relative to Earth

8.6 km/s

Brightness (H)

26.59

Lower means larger