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RE: Asteroid 2010 GD6

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2010 GD6
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-7.41
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-7.30
Impact Probability (cumulative)	2.9e-08
Number of Potential Impacts	5

V_impact	15.42 km/s
V_infinity	10.66 km/s
H	23.9
Diameter	0.056 km
Mass	2.4e+08 kg
Energy	6.9e+00 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
21 observations spanning .94987 days
(2010-Apr-05.25856 to 2010-Apr-06.20843)

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2010 GD6
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-7.77
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-6.11
Impact Probability (cumulative)	2.2e-07
Number of Potential Impacts	118

V_impact	17.59 km/s
V_infinity	13.61 km/s
H	23.7
Diameter	0.063 km
Mass	3.4e+08 kg
Energy	1.3e+01 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
18 observations spanning .07079 days
(2010-Apr-05.25856 to 2010-Apr-05.32935)

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The 47 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2010 GD6 made a close pass (6.8 lunar distances, 0.0176 AU), travelling at 15.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st March, 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 GD6                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0061 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M 229.50613              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.05651906     Peri.  237.52532     +0.39476007     -0.91412610
a   0.9547386      Node   190.53595     +0.91630981     +0.38432498
e   0.1162202      Incl.   30.35336     -0.06738556     -0.12910374
P   0.93           H   23.8           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2010 - G26