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2009 KR21
Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0
Palermo Scale (maximum) -9.79
Palermo Scale (cumulative) -9.70
Impact Probability (cumulative) 2.8e-09
Number of Potential Impacts 3
Vimpact 15.22 km/s
Vinfinity 10.36 km/s
H 27.1
Diameter 0.013 km
Mass 2.8e+06 kg
Energy 7.7e-02 MT
all above are mean values
weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on
12 observations spanning .09131 days
(2009-May-31.2325 to 2009-May-31.32381)

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Orbital elements:
2009 KR21 Earth MOID = 0.0012 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC
M 349.32711 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.39759184 Peri. 243.07155 +0.67123222 +0.74025179
a 1.8316581 Node 69.14511 -0.66467635 +0.62401673
e 0.5486738 Incl. 2.35510 -0.32810463 +0.25026068
P 2.48 H 26.4 G 0.15 U 7

MPEC 2009 - K78


The 13 - 29 metre wide asteroid 2009 KR21 will make a close pass (0.7 Lunar Distances, 0.0019 AU), travelling at 12.84 km/s, to the Earth on the 1st June, 2009.

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


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