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Asteroid 2018 RR

2018 RR is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 12 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 7 Sept 1975 at 2.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

12 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

2.82 LD

7 Sept 1975

Speed relative to Earth

9.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.6

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.