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Asteroid 462550 2009 CB3

462550 2009 CB3 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 471 m across, about the size of a small town. Its closest recorded pass was on 28 Feb 1954 at 3.5 lunar distances.

Estimated size

471 m

about the size of a small town

Closest pass on record

3.47 LD

28 Feb 1954

Speed relative to Earth

24.5 km/s

Brightness (H)

19.63

Lower means larger