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Asteroid 2018 VX1

2018 VX1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 13 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 11 Nov 1959 at 1.0 lunar distances.

Estimated size

13 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

0.96 LD

11 Nov 1959

Speed relative to Earth

6.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.5

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.