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Asteroid 2017 JT2

2017 JT2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 678 m across, about the size of a small town. Its closest recorded pass was on 12 Apr 1918 at 6.3 lunar distances.

Estimated size

678 m

about the size of a small town

Closest pass on record

6.33 LD

12 Apr 1918

Speed relative to Earth

31.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

18.84

Lower means larger