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Asteroid 523662 2012 MU2

523662 2012 MU2 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 279 m across, about the size of a stadium. Its closest recorded pass was on 27 May 1965 at 8.2 lunar distances.

Estimated size

279 m

about the size of a stadium

Closest pass on record

8.22 LD

27 May 1965

Speed relative to Earth

10.7 km/s

Brightness (H)

20.77

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.