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Blobrana · L

RE: Asteroid 2010 AL

Blobrana · L

Asteroid 2010 AL has passed the Earth.

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2010 AL                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0977 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 346.53551              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41039431     Peri.   33.44845     -0.80245123     -0.57594321
a   1.7933642      Node   110.61574     +0.50438165     -0.79443548
e   0.4112157      Incl.    9.59951     +0.31885918     -0.19277369
P   2.40           H   22.2           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2010 - A29

The 95 - 210 metre wide asteroid 2010 AL will make a close pass (57.7 lunar distances, 0.1482 AU), travelling at 9.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th January, 2010.

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