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RE: Asteroid 2010 GX62

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Orbital elements:
2010 GX62                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0128 AU
Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5                  MPC
M 338.62408              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19437755     Peri.  316.07866     -0.93834422     -0.29938722
a   2.9514718      Node   207.92535     +0.31496854     -0.94648065
e   0.7045256      Incl.   21.65929     -0.14249542     -0.12058883
P   5.07           H   20.0           G   0.15           U   0

MPEC 2014 - T46

The 240 - 540 metre wide asteroid 2010 GX62 will make a close pass (62.3 lunar distances, 0.1599 AU) travelling at 21.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st May 2015 @ 18:44 UT ±00:01.

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

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Removed as an Earth Impact Risk.

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2010 GX62
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-6.11
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-6.11
Impact Probability (cumulative)	5.2e-09
Number of Potential Impacts	1

V_impact	20.73 km/s
V_infinity	17.48 km/s
H	20.3
Diameter	0.300 km
Mass	3.5e+10 kg
Energy	1.8e+03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
20 observations spanning 5.8899 days
(2010-Apr-10.57631 to 2010-Apr-16.46621)

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2010 GX62
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-4.18
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-4.14
Impact Probability (cumulative)	4.9e-07
Number of Potential Impacts	7

V_impact	20.77 km/s
V_infinity	17.54 km/s
H	20.3
Diameter	0.290 km
Mass	3.3e+10 kg
Energy	1.7e+03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
16 observations spanning 4.8638 days
(2010-Apr-10.57631 to 2010-Apr-15.44009)

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2010 GX62
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-4.76
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-4.30
Impact Probability (cumulative)	3.1e-07
Number of Potential Impacts	13

V_impact	20.96 km/s
V_infinity	17.74 km/s
H	20.4
Diameter	0.283 km
Mass	3.1e+10 kg
Energy	1.6e+03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
14 observations spanning 3.9010 days
(2010-Apr-10.57631 to 2010-Apr-14.47734)

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2010 GX62
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-4.75
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-4.27
Impact Probability (cumulative)	3.0e-07
Number of Potential Impacts	14

V_impact	20.97 km/s
V_infinity	17.76 km/s
H	20.3
Diameter	0.293 km
Mass	3.5e+10 kg
Energy	1.8e+03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
11 observations spanning 3.8791 days
(2010-Apr-10.57631 to 2010-Apr-14.45542)

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Orbital elements:
2010 GX62                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0118 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M  27.61174              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19479736     Peri.  316.10046     -0.93856048     -0.29885452
a   2.9472298      Node   207.93121     +0.31448789     -0.94659505
e   0.7034160      Incl.   21.62167     -0.14213230     -0.12101148
P   5.06           H   20.4           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2010 - G108