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Asteroid 2018 VL

2018 VL is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 13 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 30 Oct 1948 at 3.4 lunar distances.

Estimated size

13 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

3.44 LD

30 Oct 1948

Speed relative to Earth

7.7 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.5

Lower means larger