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Asteroid 2019 WQ2

2019 WQ2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 101 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 16 Nov 1919 at 4.0 lunar distances.

Estimated size

101 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

3.96 LD

16 Nov 1919

Speed relative to Earth

16.6 km/s

Brightness (H)

22.97

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.