2010 RX30

2010 RX₃₀
Discovery
Discovered by	Mt. Lemmon Survey
Discovery site	Summerhaven, Arizona, USA
Discovery date	5 September 2010
Designations
MPC designation	2010 RX30
Alternative designations	MPO 279189
Minor planet category	NEO · Aten
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 3
Observation arc	1073 d
Aphelion	1.15342 AU (172.549 Gm)
Perihelion	0.50803 AU (76.000 Gm)
Semi-major axis	0.83073 AU (124.275 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.38845
Orbital period (sidereal)	0.76 yr (276.558 d); 0.76 yr
Mean anomaly	338.78°
Mean motion	1° 18m 7.56s /day
Inclination	5.05966°
Longitude of ascending node	166.154°
Argument of perihelion	319.80°
Earth MOID	0.00108035 AU (161,618 km)
Mercury MOID	0.17834 AU (26,679,000 km)
Jupiter MOID	3.91055 AU (585.010 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	12 m
Mass	2.5×106 kg
Absolute magnitude (H)	27.1

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.

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

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2010 RX30". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "(2010 RX30)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 3545558. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c 2010 RX30 Impact Risk
^ Finch, L. (8 September 2010). "Harvard scientists keep an eye on wayward asteroids". The Boston Globe.
^ 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.

External links

Grossman, Lisa (8 September 2010). "Close-Shave Asteroid Caught on Camera". WIRED Science.
2010 RX30 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- Ephemerides · Observation prediction · Orbital info · MOID · Proper elements · Observational info · Close approaches · Physical info · Orbit animation
2010 RX30 at ESA–space situational awareness
- Ephemerides · Observations · Orbit · Physical properties · Summary
2010 RX30 at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[MPC-object-1] "2010 RX30". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

[sbdb-2] "(2010 RX30)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 3545558. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

[size-mass-est-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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