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Asteroid 2024 RL8

2024 RL8 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 13 m across, about the size of a bus. Its closest recorded pass was on 11 Sept 1909 at 2.0 lunar distances.

Estimated size

13 m

about the size of a bus

Closest pass on record

1.98 LD

11 Sept 1909

Speed relative to Earth

13.2 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.45

Lower means larger