2010 RF12

Tags: Planet.

2010 RF12 is a near-Earth asteroid that passed between the Earth and the Moon on September 8 2010 at 21:12 UTC approaching Earth within 79000kilometres above Antarctica.NASA’s Near Earth Program estimates its size to be 7 metres in diameter with a mass of around 500 tonnes. 2010 RF12 will make many more close approaches with the approach of September 5−6 2095 having a 6% chance (1 in 16) of colliding with Earth.

apoapsis (km)

1.88493e+11

mass (kg)

5000.0

orbital period (μ)

3.43978e+07

periapsis (km)

1.28789e+11

absolute magnitude

28.1

apparent magnitude

12.0

discovery date

2010-09-05

discoverer

Mount Lemmon Survey

epoch

2014-May-23, (Uncertainty=3)