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Asteroid 2019 JX1

2019 JX1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 6 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 2 May 1951 at 2.2 lunar distances.

Estimated size

6 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

2.20 LD

2 May 1951

Speed relative to Earth

14.5 km/s

Brightness (H)

29.1

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.