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RE: Asteroid 2010 MF1

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Update
The 330 - 740 metre wide asteroid 2010 MF1 made a close pass (47.0_lunar distances, 0.1209 AU), travelling at 9.70 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th August, 2010 @ 05:47 UT.

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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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Removed as an Earth Impact Risk.

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Orbital elements:
2010 MF1                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0382 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M 354.85710              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24264489     Peri.   27.77972     +0.69894977     +0.69863591
a   2.5457863      Node   287.02430     -0.68222881     +0.58720219
e   0.5978446      Incl.    9.20124     -0.21455320     +0.40878044
P   4.06           H   19.4           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2010 - M28

The 350 - 790 metre wide asteroid 2010 MF1 will make a close pass (46.0_lunar distances, 0.1183_AU), travelling at 9.83_km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th August, 2010 @ 22:16 UT.

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

2010 MF1
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-5.15
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-5.15
Impact Probability (cumulative)	2.5e-08
Number of Potential Impacts	1

V_impact	16.79 km/s
V_infinity	12.56 km/s
H	19.4
Diameter	0.460 km
Mass	1.3e+11 kg
Energy	4.3e+03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
31 observations spanning 1.8813 days
(2010-Jun-18.5558 to 2010-Jun-20.43713)