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Asteroid  2009 WB has passed the Earth.

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Orbital elements:
2009 WB Earth MOID = 0.0339 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 35.37555 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.53725180 Peri. 336.36935 +0.82481911 -0.54282476
a 1.4985945 Node 57.44756 +0.54404896 +0.68584964
e 0.3292296 Incl. 10.81501 +0.15389659 +0.48471802
P 1.83 H 24.2 G 0.15 U 9

MPEC 2009 - W07


The 38 - 86 metre wide asteroid 2009 WB will make a close pass (14.3 Lunar Distances, 0.0367 AU), travelling at 7.93 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th 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).


2009 WB
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -9.16
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -9.16
Impact Probability (cumulative) 1.4e-10
Number of Potential Impacts 1
Vimpact 17.97 km/s
Vinfinity 14.10 km/s
H 23.1
Diameter 0.080 km
Mass 6.9e+08 kg
Energy 2.6e+01 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
13 observations spanning .13480 days
(2009-Nov-16.21331 to 2009-Nov-16.34811)



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