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Blobrana · L

RE: Asteroid 2010 AF3

Blobrana · L

The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2010 AF3 will make a close pass (21.5 lunar distances, 0.0552 AU), travelling at 7.63 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th July, 2013 @ 22:52 UT ±09:51.

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

Blobrana · L

The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2010 AF3 will make a close pass (46.3 lunar distances, 0.1190 AU), travelling at 6.54 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th June, 2012 @ 21:55 UT ±13:55.

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

Blobrana · L

The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2010 AF3 will make a close pass (57.7 lunar distances, 0.1483 AU), travelling at 6.41 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th December, 2010 @ 19:18 UT ±08:23.

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

Blobrana · L

Asteroid 2010 AF3 passed the Earth on the 13th January, 2010

Blobrana · L

The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2010 AF3 will make a close pass (20.4 lunar distances, 0.0524 AU), travelling at 7.10 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th January, 2010.

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

-- Edited by Blobrana on Saturday 9th of January 2010 07:58:31 PM

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2010 AF3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0488 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 261.90671              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.96261571     Peri.  289.92605     -0.79181038     +0.57800987
a   1.0158605      Node   285.87573     -0.45496985     -0.77375187
e   0.1244263      Incl.   11.83886     -0.40747854     -0.25925399
P   1.02           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2010 - A44