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Asteroid 2018 HQ

2018 HQ is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 196 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 2 Oct 1940 at 12.4 lunar distances.

Estimated size

196 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

12.40 LD

2 Oct 1940

Speed relative to Earth

16.3 km/s

Brightness (H)

21.53

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.