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Asteroid 2018 DA

2018 DA is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 60 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 26 Feb 1914 at 4.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

60 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

4.84 LD

26 Feb 1914

Speed relative to Earth

14.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

24.09

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.