KAMO’OALEWA

BY NUMBERS 9 million

The closest Kamo‘oalewa gets to Earth, in miles

25 million

The farthest Kamo‘oalewa gets from Earth, in miles

365.9

Orbital period, in days

2016

Year it was discovered

45 to 58 metres

The estimated size of Kamo‘oalewa

30

Kamo‘oalewa’s rotational period, in minutes

Nine

Number of asteroids found to have lunar origins

4 million

times fainter than the faintest star visible with the naked eye

500 to 100,000

Years ago it may have broken off the Moon