2010 AL30
| 220px | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | January 10, 2010 |
| Designations | |
| none | |
| Apollo NEO[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 2455400.5 (2010-Jul-23.0) (Uncertainty=2)[1] |
|
| Aphelion | 1.3660 |
| Perihelion | 0.7243 AU |
| 1.0451 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3070 |
| 390.27 d | |
|
Average orbital speed
|
28.5 |
| 114.020 | |
| Inclination | 3.81 ° |
| 113.004 | |
| 97.062 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~30 meters (elongated)[2] |
| 0.1417 d | |
|
Spectral type
|
? |
| 27.2 | |
2010 AL30 is a near-Earth asteroid that was discovered on 10 January 2010.[1]
Italian scientists Ernesto Guido and Giovanni Sostero told RIA Novosti that it had an orbital period of almost exactly one year and might be a spent rocket booster.[3] However, it was determined that it is a near-Earth asteroid.[4]
On January 13, 2010 at 1246 UT it passed Earth at 0.0008624 AU (129,010 km; 80,170 mi),[1] about 1/3 of the distance from the Earth to the Moon (or 0.33 LD).
Based an estimated diameter of 10–15 m (33–49 ft), if 2010 AL30 had entered the Earth's atmosphere, it would have created an air burst equivalent to between 50 kT and 100 kT (kilotons of TNT). The Nagasaki "Fat Man" atom bomb had a yield between 13–18 kT.[5]
It has an uncertainty parameter of 2 and has been observed by radar.[1] Radar observations show the asteroid is elongated and is about 30 meters in diameter.[2] It may be a contact binary.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ What was that Mystery object whizzes past Earth, The Times of India, January 14, 2010
- ↑ Small Asteroid 2010 AL30 Will Fly Past The Earth. NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program, January 12, 2010.
- ↑ Near-Earth Object 2010 AL30. NASA Earth Science Picture of the Day March 06, 2010.
External links
- MPEC 2010-A59 : 2010 AL30 – (Minor Planet Center / 2010 Jan. 11)
- MPEC 2010-A64 : 2010 AL30 – (Minor Planet Center / 2010 Jan. 12)
- Mystery object 2010 AL30 to pass within 130,000 km of Earth (heraldsun.com)
- NEO 2010 AL30 Close Approach – (Remanzacco Observatory / January 11, 2010)
- Goldstone detects "STRONG" radar echoes from 2010 AL30 – (Emily Lakdawalla / Jan. 12, 2010)
- First Results of the Goldstone High-Resolution Chirp Radar Imaging System: Application to Near-Earth Asteroid 2010 AL30 – (2011 October 4)
