2010 RX30

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2010 RX30
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Mt. Lemmon Survey
Discovery site Summerhaven, Arizona, USA
Discovery date5 September 2010
Designations
2010 RX30
MPO 279189
NEO  · Aten [2]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 3 [1]
Observation arc 1073 [1] d
Aphelion 1.15342  AU (172.549  Gm)
Perihelion 0.50803 AU (76.000 Gm)
0.83073 AU (124.275 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.38845
0.76 yr (276.558 d)
0.76 yr
338.78°
1° 18m 7.56s /day
Inclination 5.05966°
166.154°
319.80°
Earth  MOID 0.00108035 AU (161,618 km) [2]
Mercury  MOID 0.17834 AU (26,679,000 km) [1]
Jupiter  MOID 3.91055 AU (585.010 Gm) [2]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 12 m [3]
Mass 2.5×106  kg [3]
27.1 [2]

    2010 RX30 is a micro-asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Aten group. On 8 September 2010 at 09:51 UTC, it passed between the Earth and the Moon approaching Earth within 248000kilometres above Japan. [4]

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    NASA estimated its size to be 12 metres in diameter with a mass of around 2500 tonnes. [3]

    The asteroid was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona on 5 September 2010, along with 2010 RF12 . [5]

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "2010 RX30". Minor Planet Center . Retrieved 16 August 2017.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 "(2010 RX30)". JPL Small-Body Database . Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID:  3545558 . Retrieved 16 August 2017.
    3. 1 2 3 2010 RX30 Impact Risk
    4. ↑ Finch, L. (8 September 2010). "Harvard scientists keep an eye on wayward asteroids". The Boston Globe .
    5. ↑ Than, Ker (8 September 2010). "Second Asteroid to Buzz Earth Later Today". National Geographic News. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010.


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