* Astronomy

Blobrana · L

RE: Asteroid 2010 BB

Blobrana · L

The 270 - 590 metre wide asteroid 2010 BB will make a close pass (21.6 lunar distances, 0.0555 AU), travelling at 9.53 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th December, 2012 @ 01:25 UT ±00:03.

See more

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

Blobrana · L

Removed as an Earth Impact Risk.

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2010 BB                                             PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0111 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 116.72561              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.31505641     Peri.   29.47746     +0.62906153     +0.75875029
a   0.8250998      Node   280.03574     -0.74259017     +0.52223605
e   0.2691362      Incl.    9.88562     -0.22987264     +0.38931671
P   0.75           H   19.8           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2010 - B05

2010 BB
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-5.78
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-5.78
Impact Probability (cumulative)	1.2e-08
Number of Potential Impacts	2

V_impact	13.89 km/s
V_infinity	8.29 km/s
H	19.8
Diameter	0.380 km
Mass	7.2e+10 kg
Energy	1.7e+03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
22 observations spanning 1.0033 days
(2010-Jan-16.07816 to 2010-Jan-17.08148)