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Asteroid 2018 RB1

2018 RB1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 10 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 10 Sept 1950 at 4.2 lunar distances.

Estimated size

10 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

4.17 LD

10 Sept 1950

Speed relative to Earth

8.6 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.9

Lower means larger