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Asteroid 2023 KQ2

2023 KQ2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 10 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 22 May 1948 at 3.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

10 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

3.53 LD

22 May 1948

Speed relative to Earth

14.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.96

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.