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Asteroid 2017 WL15

2017 WL15 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 27 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 21 May 1952 at 1.1 lunar distances.

Estimated size

27 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

1.09 LD

21 May 1952

Speed relative to Earth

18.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

25.85

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.