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Asteroid 2018 TP5

2018 TP5 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 26 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 2 Oct 1950 at 1.1 lunar distances.

Estimated size

26 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

1.09 LD

2 Oct 1950

Speed relative to Earth

11.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

25.9

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.