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The 330 - 740 metre wide asteroid 2009 LX will make a close pass (68.0 Lunar Distances, 0.1746 AU), travelling at 9.81km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th July, 2009.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).


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2009 LX
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -6.21
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -6.15
Impact Probability (cumulative) 2.1e-09
Number of Potential Impacts 2
Vimpact 16.02 km/s
Vinfinity 11.51 km/s
H 19.5
Diameter 0.430 km
Mass 1.1e+11 kg
Energy 3.3e+03 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
13 observations spanning 4.0819 days
(2009-Jun-11.69171 to 2009-Jun-15.77362)



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Orbital elements:
2009 LX Earth MOID = 0.1129 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC
M 353.91125 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.19173584 Peri. 350.31743 +0.56130604 +0.81214636
a 2.9785200 Node 313.62256 -0.74384105 +0.41072256
e 0.6223086 Incl. 12.70666 -0.36281678 +0.41439747
P 5.14 H 19.4 G 0.15 U 8

MPEC 2009 - L44

2009 LX
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -6.55
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -6.25
Impact Probability (cumulative) 1.6e-09
Number of Potential Impacts 4
Vimpact 15.77 km/s
Vinfinity 11.16 km/s
H 19.4
Diameter 0.441 km
Mass 1.2e+11 kg
Energy 3.4e+03 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
11 observations spanning 1.8757 days
(2009-Jun-11.69171 to 2009-Jun-13.56741)

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