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Asteroid 2023 WG1

2023 WG1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 18 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 9 Nov 1966 at 4.3 lunar distances.

Estimated size

18 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

4.31 LD

9 Nov 1966

Speed relative to Earth

8.3 km/s

Brightness (H)

26.7

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.