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Asteroid 2017 JM2

2017 JM2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 55 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 14 May 1946 at 3.4 lunar distances.

Estimated size

55 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

3.41 LD

14 May 1946

Speed relative to Earth

15.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

24.3

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.