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The asteroid 2009 UK14, has just passed the Earth.

-- Edited by Blobrana on Sunday 1st of November 2009 05:09:24 PM

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2009 UK14
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -8.66
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -8.38
Impact Probability (cumulative) 9.7e-09
Number of Potential Impacts 20
Vimpact 12.14 km/s
Vinfinity 4.79 km/s
H 26.1
Diameter 0.020 km
Mass 1.2e+07 kg
Energy 2.1e-01 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
19 observations spanning .14612 days
(2009-Oct-22.2467 to 2009-Oct-22.39282)



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The 19 - 43  metre wide asteroid 2009 UK14 will make a close pass (9.1 Lunar Distances, 0.0234 AU), travelling at 9.01 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st November, 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 UK14 Earth MOID = 0.0111 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 13.92105 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.42561527 Peri. 52.61346 +0.19183655 -0.98128174
a 1.7503487 Node 26.34145 +0.88799214 +0.16622387
e 0.4669462 Incl. 2.17998 +0.41793385 +0.09724077
P 2.32 H 25.7 G 0.15 U 9

MPEC 2009 - U66


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