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Asteroid 835579 2011 SM68

835579 2011 SM68 is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 473 m across, about the size of a small town. Its closest recorded pass was on 19 Oct 1950 at 14.8 lunar distances.

Estimated size

473 m

about the size of a small town

Closest pass on record

14.85 LD

19 Oct 1950

Speed relative to Earth

24.1 km/s

Brightness (H)

19.62

Lower means larger