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Asteroid 2020 VC1

2020 VC1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 32 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 4 Nov 1979 at 4.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

32 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

4.46 LD

4 Nov 1979

Speed relative to Earth

6.5 km/s

Brightness (H)

25.5

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.