2009 KK

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2009 KK
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Catalina Sky Survey
Discovery site Summerhaven, Arizona, USA
Discovery dateMay 7, 2009
Designations
2009 KK
MPO 218092
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NEO
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 1 [1]
Observation arc 953 [1] d
Aphelion 2.18591  AU (327.007  Gm)
Perihelion 0.81835 AU (122.423 Gm)
1.50213 AU (224.715 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.45521
1.84 yr (672.452 d)
1.84 yr
143.59°
0° 32m 6.756s /day
Inclination 18.2159°
68.1587°
247.32°
Earth  MOID 0.0000955542 AU (14,294.70 km) [2]
Mercury  MOID 0.3949 AU (59,080,000 km) [1]
Jupiter  MOID 3.23017 AU (483.227 Gm) [2]
Physical characteristics
20.5 [2]

    2009 KK is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid which was listed for several weeks in May and June 2009 on the Sentry Risk Table with a Torino Scale rating of 1. [3] There was a 1 in 10000 chance of an impact on 29 May 2022. [3] On 22 May 2009, it was listed as one of two near-earth objects assessed above Level 0 for potential impacts within 100 years, the other being 2007 VK184. As of 10 June 2009 it was downgraded to Level 0 as the cumulative Earth-impact probability was assessed as 7.9e-06 or 1 in 127,000. [4] On 17 June 2009, JPL removed 2009 KK from the list of potential Earth impactors. [5] It is now known that on 4 May 2022 the asteroid will be 0.475  AU (71,100,000  km ; 44,200,000  mi ) from Earth. [2]

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    2194 passage

    2009 KK may pass as close as 0.006  AU (900,000  km ; 560,000  mi ) from Earth on 2194-Jun-02. [2] But the nominal solution shows the asteroid passing 0.038 AU (5,700,000 km; 3,500,000 mi) from Earth. [2]

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    References

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