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RE: Asteroid 2009 FH

Blobrana · L

A small asteroid will fly past Earth early tomorrow morning (Wed., March 18). The asteroid, 2009 FH, is about 15 metres wide. Its closest approach to Earth will occur at 5:17 a.m. PDT (8:17 a.m. EDT, 12:17 UTC) at an altitude of about 79,000 kilometres.

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Orbital elements:
2009 FH                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M  39.79214              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55208169     Peri.   24.02755     -0.93625029     +0.35133302
a   1.4716363      Node   176.54108     -0.32422998     -0.86323794
e   0.3372367      Incl.    0.67849     -0.13531564     -0.36247120
P   1.79           H   26.6           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2009 - F13

Orbital Elements at Epoch 2455000.5 (2009-Jun-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 5 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)

Element	Value	Uncertainty (1-sigma)	Units
e	.3392068165454803	1.0785e-05
a	1.475705462427173	2.0197e-05	AU
q	.9751361103584758	2.5916e-06	AU
i	.6864995649174659	0.00013172	deg
node	176.556692553963	0.00021277	deg
peri	24.08154597921633	0.001045	deg
M	39.60511912258973	0.0013349	deg
t_p	2454928.464466445478 (2009-Apr-06.96446645)	0.00095849	JED
period	654.7838424461777 1.79	0.013442 3.68e-05	d yr
n	.5497997608723699	1.1287e-05	deg/d
Q	1.976274814495871	2.7047e-05	AU

Orbit Determination Parameters

# obs. used (total)	102
data-arc span	1 day
first obs. used	2009-03-17
last obs. used	2009-03-18
planetary ephem.	DE405
SB-pert. ephem.	SB405-CPV-2
quality code	4
fit RMS	.57602
data source	ORB
producer	Otto Matic
solution date	2009-Mar-25 00:50:15

Additional Information

Earth MOID = .000190818 AU

T_jup = 4.528

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