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Asteroid 2020 KB3

2020 KB3 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 44 m across, about the size of a football pitch. Its closest recorded pass was on 8 Jun 1977 at 4.1 lunar distances.

Estimated size

44 m

about the size of a football pitch

Closest pass on record

4.10 LD

8 Jun 1977

Speed relative to Earth

7.8 km/s

Brightness (H)

24.8

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.