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Asteroid 465617 2009 EK1

465617 2009 EK1 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 212 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 16 Sept 1922 at 12.9 lunar distances.

Estimated size

212 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

12.87 LD

16 Sept 1922

Speed relative to Earth

6.5 km/s

Brightness (H)

21.36

Lower means larger