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RE: Asteroid 2010 AF40

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Removed as an Earth Impact Risk.

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2010 AF40
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-7.03
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-7.03
Impact Probability (cumulative)	6.4e-09
Number of Potential Impacts	1

V_impact	17.66 km/s
V_infinity	13.71 km/s
H	25.0
Diameter	0.034 km
Mass	5.4e+07 kg
Energy	2.0e+00 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
25 observations spanning 1.8170 days
(2010-Jan-12.35742 to 2010-Jan-14.17437)

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2010 AF40
Earth Impact Risk Summary

Torino Scale (maximum)	0
Palermo Scale (maximum)	-8.37
Palermo Scale (cumulative)	-8.25
Impact Probability (cumulative)	1.6e-09
Number of Potential Impacts	3

V_impact	17.93 km/s
V_infinity	14.05 km/s
H	25.0
Diameter	0.034 km
Mass	5.2e+07 kg
Energy	2.0e+00 MT
all above are mean values weighted by impact probability

Analysis based on
20 observations spanning .98604 days
(2010-Jan-12.35742 to 2010-Jan-13.34346)

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Orbital elements:
2010 AF40                                                Earth MOID = 0.0019 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 306.78932              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.72339923     Peri.   93.47933     -0.83763793     +0.54226603
a   1.2289966      Node   119.36895     -0.52629209     -0.76904469
e   0.4606513      Incl.    4.32045     -0.14621677     -0.33840481
P   1.36           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2010 - A68

The 26 - 59 metre wide asteroid 2010 AF40 will make a close pass (2.3 lunar distances, 0.0060 AU), travelling at 14.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st 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).