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RE: Asteroid 2008 YC3

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Closest approach at 12:04 UT, 24th June, 2010.

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The 23 - 51 metre wide asteroid 2008 YC3 will make a close pass (12.2 Lunar Distances, 0.0313 AU), travelling at 6.53 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th June, 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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Asteroid 2008 YC3 has just passed the Earth.

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The 23 - 51 metre wide asteroid 2008 YC3 will make a close pass (54.9 Lunar Distances, 0.1412 AU), travelling at 6.91 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th December, 2009.

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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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2008 YC3
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-8.34
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-8.26
Impact Probability (cumulative)	2.0e-08
Number of Potential Impacts	4

V_impact	12.78 km/s
V_infinity	6.25 km/s
H	25.4
Diameter	0.029 km
Mass	3.2e+07 kg
Energy	6.2e-01 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
34 observations spanning 29.911 days
(2008-Dec-22.25277 to 2009-Jan-21.16386)

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The 23 - 51 metre wide asteroid 2008 YC3 will make a close pass (34.5 Lunar Distances, 0.0886 AU), travelling at 6.30 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th June, 2009.

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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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2008 YC3
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-6.85
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-6.67
Impact Probability (cumulative)	8.4e-07
Number of Potential Impacts	8

V_impact	12.78 km/s
V_infinity	6.25 km/s
H	25.4
Diameter	0.028 km
Mass	3.0e+07 kg
Energy	5.8e-01 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
32 observations spanning 26.862 days
(2008-Dec-22.25277 to 2009-Jan-18.11446)

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Object: 2008YC3   

     date         MJD       sigma sigimp   dist ±   width    stretch    p_RE    exp. en.    PS  
   YYYY/MM                                 (RE)       (RE)      RE/sig               MT           
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2085/06/22.323  82763.323  -1.045 0.000    1.34 ±    0.179  1.50E+07  5.41E-08  2.88E-08  -7.85
2085/06/22.380  82763.380  -0.677 0.000    1.93 ±    0.452  2.28E+06  1.96E-07  1.05E-07  -7.29
2086/06/22.591  83128.591  -0.940 0.000    0.12 ±    0.179  1.29E+07  8.14E-08  4.34E-08  -7.67

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-- Edited by Blobrana at 19:33, 2008-12-30

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2008 YC3
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-4.91
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-4.24
Impact Probability (cumulative)	2.7e-04
Number of Potential Impacts	28

V_impact	12.77 km/s
V_infinity	6.24 km/s
H	25.5
Diameter	0.027 km
Mass	2.6e+07 kg
Energy	5.0e-01 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
21 observations spanning 6.8814 days
(2008-Dec-22.25277 to 2008-Dec-29.13413)