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On the 6th November, 2009, the 7 meter asteroid, 2009 VA, came only about 2 Earth radii from impacting Earth.



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2009 VA
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -5.88
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -5.87
Impact Probability (cumulative) 3.0e-05
Number of Potential Impacts 9
Vimpact 13.86 km/s
Vinfinity 8.24 km/s
H 28.6
Diameter 0.006 km
Mass 3.6e+05 kg
Energy 8.3e-03 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
10 observations spanning .12466 days
(2009-Nov-06.25793 to 2009-Nov-06.38259)



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A 26-foot-wide asteroid almost hit the earth when it passed within about 14,000 km of the planet recently, NASA has said.
The asteroid, called 2009 VA, was noticed only 15 hours before it made its closest approach towards the planet last Friday.


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The earth was almost hit by an asteroid last Friday at around 2PM Tucson time.
The asteroid was discovered by the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey 15 minutes before its closest approach.


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The 7-metre wide asteroid 2009 VA  passed about 2 Earth radii (14,000 km) from the Earth's surface at around 16:30 EST, 6th November, 2009.  This was the third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a catalogued asteroid.
The two closer approaches were by the 1-metre wide asteroid 2008 TS26, which passed within 6,150 km of the Earth's surface on the 9th October, 2008, and the 7-metre wide asteroid 2004 FU162 that passed within 6,535 km on the 31st March, 2004.
On average, objects the size of 2009 VA pass this close about twice per year and impact Earth about once every 5 years.

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Asteroid 2009 VA safely passed 14,000 km from the Earth at 21:32 UT, 6th November.

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2009 VA
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -5.88
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -5.87
Impact Probability (cumulative) 3.0e-05
Number of Potential Impacts 9
Vimpact 13.86 km/s
Vinfinity 8.24 km/s
H 28.6
Diameter 0.006 km
Mass 3.6e+05 kg
Energy 8.3e-03 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
10 observations spanning .12466 days
(2009-Nov-06.25793 to 2009-Nov-06.38259)



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Orbital elements:
2009 VA Earth MOID = 0.0003 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 6.92788 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.79821181 Peri. 238.23233 -0.20581568 -0.96720149
a 1.1509522 Node 224.44295 +0.95429079 -0.16467914
e 0.2096968 Incl. 12.27510 +0.21672333 -0.19339612
P 1.23 H 28.6 G 0.15 U 9

MPEC 2009 - V22


The 5 - 12 metre wide asteroid was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS).


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Ephemeris
Date       UT     R.A. (J2000) Decl.  Elong.  Mag      
h
2009 11 06 20 23 50 06.0 +60 57 58 125.2 13.6
2009 11 06 21 22 38 45.5 +81 37 29 109.9 12.9
2009 11 06 22 12 26 55.7 +41 06 38 66.0 14.2
2009 11 06 23 12 14 46.0 -00 43 04 40.9 17.6
2009 11 07 00 12 11 16.2 -14 58 18 37.8 19.1
2009 11 07 01 12 09 36.7 -21 13 28 37.9 19.8


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