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Asteroid 2010 DZ1 has just passed the Earth.

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Orbital elements:
2010 DZ1 Earth MOID = 0.0290 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 333.77153 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.55030565 Peri. 179.89715 -0.87917031 -0.45742455
a 1.4748009 Node 331.64116 +0.43698631 -0.66224854
e 0.3098830 Incl. 16.32336 +0.19000666 -0.59345569
P 1.79 H 25.3 G 0.15 U 7

MPEC 2010 - D55


The 23 - 51 metre wide asteroid 2010 DZ1 will make a close pass (11.3 lunar distances, 0.0291 AU), travelling at 9.78 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st 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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