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Blobrana · L

RE: Asteroid 2010 XC

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2010 XC Earth MOID = 0.0204 AU
Epoch 2010 Nov. 20.0 TT = JDT 2455520.5 MPC
M 350.93374 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.34119105 Peri. 198.86086 +0.05205470 -0.99807368
a 2.0283254 Node 248.16666 +0.92085033 +0.06105055
e 0.5062688 Incl. 2.08378 +0.38642591 -0.01103446
P 2.89 H 27.5 G 0.15
From 8 observations 2010 Dec. 1-1.

MPEC 2010 - X13

2010 XC
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-7.24
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-6.92
Impact Probability (cumulative)	3.4e-06
Number of Potential Impacts	350

V_impact	11.92 km/s
V_infinity	4.14 km/s
H	29.1
Diameter	0.005 km
Mass	2.1e+05 kg
Energy	3.7e-03 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
8 observations spanning .05836 days
(2010-Dec-01.30659 to 2010-Dec-01.36495)

The 10 metre wide asteroid 2010 XC will make a close pass of the Earth-Moon system on the 8th December, 2012.