Discovered 5 September 2010 | Asteroid group Aten asteroid | |
Similar 2010 AL30, 2011 MD, 2008 TC3, (308635) 2005 YU55 | ||
2010 RX30 is a near-Earth Aten asteroid that passed between the Earth and the Moon on September 8, 2010 at 09:51 UTC, 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 September 5, 2010 along with 2010 RF12.
Asteroid 2010 rx30 earth flyby inside moon s orbit
References
2010 RX30 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA