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'''{{mp|2019 GC|6}}''' is a [[Potentially hazardous object|potentially hazardous]] [[asteroid]] in a [[near-Earth]] orbit around the [[Sun]]. The asteroid was detected by [[NASA]]'s [[Catalina Sky Survey]] on 9 April 2019, a few days before it made its first-observed pass through the [[Outer space#Cislunar space|cislunar region]] at a distance of {{Convert|136,000|miles|km|abbr=}}, comparable to roughly half the average distance from the Earth to the Moon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/asteroid-earth-moon-2019-gc6-nasa-collision-space-a8874121.html|title=Massive asteroid will pass Earth closer than the Moon|date=17 April 2019|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/near-earth-asteroid-2019-gc6-flyby.html|title=A House-Size Asteroid Zipped by Earth Today|last=Weitering|first=Hanneke|last2=Astronomy|website=Space.com|language=en|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>▼
▲'''{{mp|2019 GC|6}}''' is a [[Potentially hazardous object|potentially hazardous]] [[asteroid]] in a [[near-Earth]] orbit around the [[Sun]]. The asteroid was detected by [[NASA]]'s [[Catalina Sky Survey]] on 9 April 2019, a few days before it made its first-observed pass through the [[Outer space#Cislunar space|cislunar region]] at a distance of {{Convert|136,000|miles|km|abbr=}}, comparable to roughly half the average distance from the Earth to the Moon.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/asteroid-earth-moon-2019-gc6-nasa-collision-space-a8874121.html|title=Massive asteroid will pass Earth closer than the Moon|date=17 April 2019|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/near-earth-asteroid-2019-gc6-flyby.html|title=A House-Size Asteroid Zipped by Earth Today|last=Weitering|first=Hanneke|last2=Astronomy|website=Space.com|language=en|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>
The dimensions of the asteroid are estimated between {{Convert|7.5–30|m|ft}} and it has been compared to size of a house.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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== References ==
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