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Asteroid 2019 BF5

2019 BF5 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 199 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 28 Jan 1958 at 17.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

199 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

17.78 LD

28 Jan 1958

Speed relative to Earth

25.9 km/s

Brightness (H)

21.5

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.