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Asteroid 2009 VA Missed Earth by 14000 Km

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  • Updated: 10-Nov-09
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On Nov. 6th at 2132 UT, asteroid 2009 VA barely missed Earth when it flew just 14,000 km above the planet's surface. That's well inside the "Clarke Belt" of geosynchronous satellites. If it had hit, the ~6-meter wide space rock would have disintegrated in the atmosphere as a spectacular fireball, causing no significant damage to the ground. 2009 VA was discovered just 15 hours before closest approach by astronomers working at the Catalina Sky Survey. It is expected to be 5-11 meter in size cruising across at 10 km/sec.

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