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The 120 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2009 BU5 made a close pass (31.3 Lunar Distances, 0.0804 AU) of the Earth-Moon system on the 14th January 2009.

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2009 BU5
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -5.11
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -4.94
Impact Probability (cumulative) 2.3e-08
Number of Potential Impacts 38
Vimpact 27.25 km/s
Vinfinity 24.87 km/s
H 21.6
Diameter 0.160 km
Mass 5.4e+09 kg
Energy 4.8e+02 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
20 observations spanning .11059 days
(2009-Jan-21.16641 to 2009-Jan-21.277)

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Orbital elements:
2009 BU5 Earth MOID = 0.0690 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC
M 0.95483 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.46083445 Peri. 337.49913 +0.96269807 -0.26599848
a 1.6599924 Node 38.03686 +0.25888484 +0.85223057
e 0.6784712 Incl. 4.61442 +0.07868336 +0.45049736
P 2.14 H 21.7 G 0.15 U 9
MPEC 2009 -B39

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