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Asteroid 2017 HG1

2017 HG1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 13 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 17 Apr 1975 at 3.1 lunar distances.

Estimated size

13 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

3.13 LD

17 Apr 1975

Speed relative to Earth

6.5 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.5

Lower means larger