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Asteroid 2021 GW3

2021 GW3 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 8 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 2 Apr 1952 at 1.3 lunar distances.

Estimated size

8 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

1.29 LD

2 Apr 1952

Speed relative to Earth

10.9 km/s

Brightness (H)

28.43

Lower means larger