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Near-Earth asteroid February 2018 #FFC2E0 2009 VA Catalina Sky Survey 6 November 2009 none Apollo (NEO) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2009VA&view=OPC JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2009 VA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory 31 March 2016 9 3 hours 6 November 2009 (JD 2455141.5) 0.00013 AU km on 3.3 AU 1.43 AU 0.9177 AU 1.93 AU 0.357 1.71 yr 7.5° 224.5° 224° 339° 28.6 ~6 meters 0.57761 ms /day __NOTOC__ 2009 VA is an asteroid that came within 14000 km mi of Earth on 6 November 2009 making it the third closest non-impacting approach of a cataloged asteroid.https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110173330.htm Small Asteroid 2009 VA Whizzes By Earth Science Daily 2009-11-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20091115062607/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110173330.htm 15 November 2009 live thumb|left|The trajectory of the object as it passed Earth With a diameter of only 7 m ft, scientists think that even if it had been on a direct collision course with Earth, it would have likely burned up in the atmosphere.Small Asteroid Spotted Flying Close To Earth https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090020/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1784295/small_asteroid_spotted_flying_close_to_earth/ 3 August 2017 , redorbit.com, 11 November 2009 The space rock made its pass by Earth just fifteen hours after its discovery.Space rock buzzes past Earth http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/11/2124702.aspx Alan Boyle Alan Boyle 2009-11-11 MSNBC https://web.archive.org/web/20091114094829/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/11/2124702.aspx 14 November 2009 dead The asteroid was first discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona. It was determined that the object would make a pass well within the orbit of the Moon, but would not strike Earth. The object passed so close to Earth that its orbit was modified by Earth's gravity. left 2025 virtual impactor The asteroid only has a very short observation arc of 3 hours and has not been observed since 2009 (16 years ago). Given the short arc, long term predictions of the asteroids position over many years are poorly constrained. It is listed on the Sentry Risk Table with a 1 in 48,000 chance of an Earth impact on 6 November 2025. VI +JPL #7 nominal distance for the 6 November 2025 Virtual Impactor Scenario JPL Horizonsnominal geocentricdistance (AU) uncertaintyregion(3-sigma) 0.3 AU km LD unit on ± 900 million km See also 2008 TC3 2010 RF12, 2010 RX30, 2010 TD54 - a similar-sized asteroids that passed Earth in 2010 List of notable asteroids#Record-setting close approaches to Earth for other, closer approaches List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2009 References Horizons Batch for 2025-11-06 Virtual Impactor JPL Horizons https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%272009+VA%27&START_TIME=%272025-11-06%27&STOP_TIME=%272025-11-07%27&STEP_SIZE=%272%20day%27&QUANTITIES=%2720,39%27 2025-02-07 RNG_3sigma = uncertainty range in km. (JPL#7/Soln.date: 2021-Apr-15 generates RNG_3sigma = 934114563 km for 2025-Nov-06.) (2009 VA) – Earth Impact Risk Summary https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/details.html#?des=2009%20VA Center for Near-Earth Object Studies NASA 2022-08-28 External links Small Asteroid 2009 VA Whizzes By The Earth 2009VA 2009VA # Category:Minor planet object articles (unnumbered) # 20091106 20091106