Since this object is almost on an impact trajectory, this is a great
example of how much warning time we have for an object with H = 27.0

Andrea

The Catalina Sky Survey

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Alan Harris wrote:

> At 09:08 AM 1/11/2010, rmiles.btee@... wrote:
> >RE. M.P.E.C. 2010-A59 Issued 2010 Jan. 11, 15:43 UT
> >
> >......
> >The object is about H=27.0 and strangely has an orbital period of 1.00 yr
> >(Is it man-made I wonder). If it is a natural object then it may be about
> >10 meters across.
>
> Unlikely to be artificial, it's orbit doesn't resemble any useful
> spacecraft trajectory, and its encounter velocity with the Earth is not
> unusually low, around 9.5 km/sec "v_infinity". Perfectly ordinary
> Earth-crossing orbit.
>
> But do go have a look at it, should be a super-fast rotator, P < 2 h, maybe
> a lot under.
>
> Alan
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