Asteroid 2017 EK
2017 EK is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 56 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 14 Mar 1920 at 1.8 lunar distances.
Estimated size
56 m
about the size of a football pitch
Closest pass on record
1.79 LD
14 Mar 1920
Speed relative to Earth
12.4 km/s
Brightness (H)
24.24
Lower means larger
Past close approaches
Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.