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Asteroid 2016 YW7

2016 YW7 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 289 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 13 Nov 1966 at 14.7 lunar distances.

Estimated size

289 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

14.72 LD

13 Nov 1966

Speed relative to Earth

17.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

20.69

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.