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RE: Asteroid 2010 CO1

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The 130 - 290 metre wide asteroid 2010 CO1 will make a close pass (32.1 lunar distances, 0.0825 AU), travelling at 14.96 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th March, 2010 @ 04:09 UT ±10:57.

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

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Asteroid 2010 CO1 has passed the Earth.

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The 130 - 300 metre wide asteroid 2010 CO1 will make a close pass (59.4 lunar distances, 0.1526 AU), travelling at 16.64 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th 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).

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Orbital elements:
2010 CO1                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0224 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 252.42155              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.96835898     Peri.  252.69488     -0.42056777     +0.90536006
a   1.0118399      Node   351.68201     -0.59859227     -0.32552172
e   0.2173975      Incl.   23.93957     -0.68176979     -0.27268805
P   1.02           H   21.5           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2010 - C41

Asteroid 2010 CO1 is the First potentially hazardous asteroid discovered by the WISE satellite.