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Asteroid 2017 GG8

2017 GG8 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 24 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 4 Apr 1934 at 16.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

24 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

16.49 LD

4 Apr 1934

Speed relative to Earth

12.7 km/s

Brightness (H)

26.1

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.