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Asteroid 2020 XG

2020 XG is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 9 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 2 Dec 1971 at 3.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

9 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

3.46 LD

2 Dec 1971

Speed relative to Earth

11.4 km/s

Brightness (H)

28.14

Lower means larger