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Asteroid 2026 EP1

2026 EP1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 16 m across, about the size of a house. Its closest recorded pass was on 9 Mar 1979 at 2.6 lunar distances.

Estimated size

16 m

about the size of a house

Closest pass on record

2.65 LD

9 Mar 1979

Speed relative to Earth

8.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

27.04

Lower means larger