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Asteroid 2018 HL2

2018 HL2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 218 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 5 May 1977 at 10.2 lunar distances.

Estimated size

218 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

10.21 LD

5 May 1977

Speed relative to Earth

21.5 km/s

Brightness (H)

21.3

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.