* Astronomy

Date: Mar 9 04:12 2010

RE: Asteroid 2001 PT9

Blobrana · L

Asteroid 2001 PT9 has just passed the Earth.

Blobrana · L

Update:
The 190 - 420 metre wide asteroid 2001 PT9 will make a close pass (11.2-lunar distances, 0.0287-AU), travelling at 13.02-km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd March, 2010.

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

Blobrana · L

Minimum distance:                         0.02872 AU.
Date of Flyby:                                 04:48:00 UT, 3rd March, 2010
Maximum brightness:                     14.7 V.
Date of maximum brightness:        00:00 UT, 1st March, 2010
Maximum angular velocity:             38.17"/min
Date of maximum angular velocity: 00:00 UT, 3rd March, 2010
Absolute Magnitude:                      20.4

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2001 PT9                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0285 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 300.88303              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55346868     Peri.  261.26059     -0.61838371     +0.78341362
a   1.4691766      Node   330.25886     -0.66274719     -0.56237421
e   0.4550047      Incl.    7.19895     -0.42233605     -0.26457200
P   1.78           H   20.4           G   0.15           U   3

MPEC 2010 - B38

The 250 - 570 metre wide asteroid 2001 PT9 will make a close pass (12.6 lunar distances, 0.0322 AU), travelling at 13.34 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd March, 2010.

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