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Blobrana · L

RE: Asteroid 2010 KK37

Zanoni · New

Thanks - I'd been wondering where KK37 had gone to.
Has anyone actually observed this object since 2010?

Blobrana · L

Google earth file: Asteroid 2010 KK37.kmz (18kb, kmz)

Blobrana · L

Update:
The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2010 KK37 will make a close pass (0.0058 AU), travelling at 10.93 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th May, 2012 @ 10:36 UT ±1 day 03:50.

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

Blobrana · L

The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2010 KK37 will make a close pass (0.0031 AU), travelling at 11.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th May, 2012 @ 23:01 UT ±1 day 07:42.

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

Blobrana · L

Update
The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2010 KK37 made a close pass (2.0 lunar distances, 0.0051 AU), travelling at 11.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st May, 2010.
The asteroid was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey on the 23rd May, 2010.

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

Blobrana · L

The 20 - 50 metre wide asteroid 2010 KK37 made a close pass to the Earth on the 21st May, 2010.
The asteroid was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey on the 23rd May, 2010.

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Orbital elements:
2010 KK37                                                Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M  51.76981              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49401825     Peri.  305.85718     -0.98733054     +0.08317374
a   1.5847985      Node   239.27388     -0.03609854     -0.94701959
e   0.4431088      Incl.    9.04437     -0.15451634     -0.31021932
P   2.00           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2010 - K46