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Asteroid 2018 WR1

2018 WR1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 346 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 31 Dec 1964 at 8.7 lunar distances.

Estimated size

346 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

8.74 LD

31 Dec 1964

Speed relative to Earth

17.0 km/s

Brightness (H)

20.3

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.