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Asteroid 2017 WY27

2017 WY27 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 10 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 23 May 1965 at 3.2 lunar distances.

Estimated size

10 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

3.22 LD

23 May 1965

Speed relative to Earth

7.9 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.9

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.