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RE: Asteroid 2010 CA

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2010 CA
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-5.05
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-4.50
Impact Probability (cumulative)	4.8e-06
Number of Potential Impacts	122

V_impact	18.45 km/s
V_infinity	14.71 km/s
H	24.5
Diameter	0.042 km
Mass	1.0e+08 kg
Energy	4.2e+00 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
17 observations spanning .59399 days
(2010-Feb-05.19638 to 2010-Feb-05.79037)

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Orbital elements:
2010 CA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0009 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 297.31792              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.65567471     Peri.   93.34940     -0.65820468     +0.74262566
a   1.3122314      Node   134.66027     -0.74112940     -0.61033536
e   0.4577652      Incl.   10.00599     -0.13226419     -0.27567713
P   1.50           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2010 - C16

The 33 - 74 metre wide asteroid 2010 CA will make a close pass (15.8 lunar distances, 0.0406 AU), travelling at 13.78 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th February, 2010.

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