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Asteroid 8566 1996 EN

8566 1996 EN is a near-Earth asteroid roughly 1.6 km across, mountain-sized. Its closest recorded pass was on 8 Sept 1911 at 10.0 lunar distances.

Estimated size

1.6 km

mountain-sized

Closest pass on record

9.98 LD

8 Sept 1911

Speed relative to Earth

23.2 km/s

Brightness (H)

16.47

Lower means larger

Past close approaches

Recorded passes within about 20 lunar distances since 1900.