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RE: Asteroid 2009 TM8

Blobrana · L

Update:
The 5 - 11 metre wide asteroid 2009 TM8 will make a close pass (0.9 lunar distances, 0.0023 AU), travelling at 8.18 km/s, to the Earth system on the 17th October, 2011 @ 11:09 UT ±06:43.

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

Google earth file: Asteroid 2009 TM8.kmz (18kb, kmz)

Blobrana · L

Update:
The 5 - 11 metre wide asteroid 2009 TM8 will make a close pass (1.1 lunar distances, 0.0028 AU), travelling at 8.17 km/s, to the Earth system on the 17th October, 2011 @ 08:06 UT ±07:58.

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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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The 6 - 13 metre wide asteroid 2009 TM8 will make a close pass (0.0017 AU), travelling at 8.16 km/s, to the Earth system on the 17th October, 2011 @ 08:06 UT ±07:58.

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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 TM8
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-7.38
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-6.26
Impact Probability (cumulative)	6.6e-05
Number of Potential Impacts	107

V_impact	13.69 km/s
V_infinity	7.96 km/s
H	28.6
Diameter	0.007 km
Mass	3.8e+05 kg
Energy	8.5e-03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
48 observations spanning 2.2516 days
(2009-Oct-15.2109 to 2009-Oct-17.46255)

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2009 TM8
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-7.13
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-6.12
Impact Probability (cumulative)	7.3e-05
Number of Potential Impacts	101

V_impact	13.69 km/s
V_infinity	7.96 km/s
H	28.3
Diameter	0.007 km
Mass	5.2e+05 kg
Energy	1.2e-02 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
36 observations spanning 1.9675 days
(2009-Oct-15.2109 to 2009-Oct-17.178442)

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2009 TM8
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-6.85
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-6.21
Impact Probability (cumulative)	6.0e-05
Number of Potential Impacts	48

V_impact	13.68 km/s
V_infinity	7.94 km/s
H	28.3
Diameter	0.007 km
Mass	5.4e+05 kg
Energy	1.2e-02 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
26 observations spanning .25807 days
(2009-Oct-15.2109 to 2009-Oct-15.46897)

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The 6 - 13 metre wide asteroid 2009 TM8 will make a close pass (0.9 Lunar Distances, 0.0023 AU), travelling at 8.12 km/s, to the Earth system on the 17th October, 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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Orbital elements:
2009 TM8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0010 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  23.65249              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51051183     Peri.  218.06247     +0.43571062     -0.89995398
a   1.5504776      Node   206.11767     +0.83418856     +0.41020358
e   0.4002170      Incl.    2.01296     +0.33806168     +0.14770194
P   1.93           H   28.3           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - T65