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2009 SK
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -6.51
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -6.01
Impact Probability (cumulative) 1.8e-06
Number of Potential Impacts 50
Vimpact 14.43 km/s
Vinfinity 9.15 km/s
H 25.2
Diameter 0.031 km
Mass 4.1e+07 kg
Energy 1.0e+00 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
15 observations spanning .17233 days
(2009-Sep-17.30113 to 2009-Sep-17.473459)



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The 25 - 55 metre wide asteroid 2009 SK will make a close pass (19.5 Lunar Distances, 0.0501 AU), travelling at 7.15 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th September, 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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Orbital elements:
2009 SK                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0474 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 336.67277              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23279500     Peri.   23.27791     +0.99657167     -0.08262224
a   2.6170998      Node   341.45987     +0.07362383     +0.90933539
e   0.5986399      Incl.    0.77444     +0.03774172     +0.40777776
P   4.23           H   25.1           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - S12

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