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RE: Asteroid 2009 DS36
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Asteroid 2009 DS36 was discovered from Calar Alto Observatory (Spain) in the morning of February 25th 2009. Its fast motion on the sky suggested that it had to be located not too far away from Earth and indeed the preliminary orbit shows that this is a Near-Earth Object (NEO), the first object of this class discovered from Calar Alto. Its estimated diameter is around 15 meters.

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Asteroid 2009 DS36 = CHF639 (NEOCPO)
Orbital elements:
2009 DS36 Earth MOID = 0.0450 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC
M 315.37873 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.61732678 Peri. 164.31297 -0.78808019 -0.60401355
a 1.3660271 Node 337.22635 +0.52663845 -0.56169724
e 0.2471849 Incl. 17.86215 +0.31871861 -0.56538822
P 1.60 H 25.8 G 0.15 U 8
MPEC 2009 -D62

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