List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2010

Below is the list of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2010.

Timeline of close approaches less than one lunar distance from Earth in 2010

A list of known near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00256 AU) from Earth in 2010.^{[note 1]}

Date of closest approach	Object	Nominal geocentric distance (AU)[note 2]	Nominal geocentric distance (LD)	Size (m) (approximate)	(H)	Closer approach to Moon
2010-01-13	2010 AL30	0.000862 AU (129,000 km; 80,100 mi)	0.34	9-22	27.2[1]
2010-02-17	2010 CK19	0.00233 AU (349,000 km; 217,000 mi)	0.91	6-16	27.9[2]
2010-05-23	2010 KO10	0.00116 AU (174,000 km; 108,000 mi)	0.45	9-23	27.1[3]
2010-05-26	2010 KV39	0.00167 AU (250,000 km; 155,000 mi)	0.65	11-25	26.8[4]
2010-09-08	2010 RX30	0.00166 AU (248,000 km; 154,000 mi)	0.64	9-23	27.1[5]
2010-09-08	2010 RF12	0.000531 AU (79,400 km; 49,400 mi)	0.21	6-14	28.1[6]
2010-09-08	2010 RK53	0.000482 AU (72,100 km; 44,800 mi)	0.19	6-16	27.9[7]
2010-09-30	2010 SK13	0.00177 AU (265,000 km; 165,000 mi)	0.69	8-20	27.4[8]
2010-10-09	2010 TW54	0.00108 AU (162,000 km; 100,000 mi)	0.42	7-18	27.6[9]
2010-10-11	2010 TN55	0.00219 AU (328,000 km; 204,000 mi)	0.85	10-25	26.9[10]	Yes
2010-10-12	2010 TD54	0.000346 AU (51,800 km; 32,200 mi)	0.13	4-10	28.9[11]
2010-10-16	2010 UE	0.000763 AU (114,100 km; 70,900 mi)	0.30	3-7	29.6[12]
2010-10-17	2010 TE55	0.00245 AU (367,000 km; 228,000 mi)	0.95	6-15	28.0[13]	Yes
2010-10-26	2010 UY7	0.00163 AU (244,000 km; 152,000 mi)	0.63	5-12	28.5[14]	Yes
2010-11-02	2010 UJ7	0.00191 AU (286,000 km; 178,000 mi)	0.74	20-49	25.4[15]
2010-11-02	2010 VN1	0.000866 AU (129,600 km; 80,500 mi)	0.34	5-13	28.3[16]
2010-11-07	2010 VR21	0.00237 AU (355,000 km; 220,000 mi)	0.92	3-10	29.3[17]
2010-11-12	2010 VP139	0.000534 AU (79,900 km; 49,600 mi)	0.21	3-10	29.2[18]
2010-11-13	2010 VC140	0.00193 AU (289,000 km; 179,000 mi)	0.75	6-16	27.9[19]
2010-11-17	2010 WA	0.000260 AU (38,900 km; 24,200 mi)	0.10	2-6	30.0[20]
2010-11-29	2010 XR	0.00129 AU (193,000 km; 120,000 mi)	0.50	10-25	26.9[21]
2010-11-30	2010 XB	0.000354 AU (53,000 km; 32,900 mi)	0.14	3-7	29.6[22]

Notes

1. For a list of current Earth close approaches see NEO Earth Close Approaches
2. Distance from the center of Earth to the center of the object. See the NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics Glossary: Geocentric. Earth has a radius of approximately 6,400 km.

2015 AQ₄₃ may have passed as close as 0.00012 AU (18,000 km; 11,000 mi) (0.05 Lunar Distances) from the Earth on January 15, 2010, but the nominal distance suggests it only passed 5 LD away.

See also

• List of asteroid close approaches to Earth
• List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2011

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 AL30)" (last observation: 2010-01-13).
2. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 CK19)" (last observation: 2010-02-16).
3. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 KO10)" (last observation: 2010-05-23).
4. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 KV39)" (last observation: 2010-05-26).
5. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 RX30)" (last observation: 2013-08-13).
6. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 RF12)" (last observation: 2010-09-08).
7. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 RK53)" (last observation: 2010-09-17).
8. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 SK13)" (last observation: 2010-09-30).
9. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 TW54)" (last observation: 2010-10-16).
10. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 TN55)" (last observation: 2010-10-16).
11. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 TD54)" (last observation: 2010-10-12).
12. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 UE)" (last observation: 2010-10-17).
13. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 TE55)" (last observation: 2010-10-17).
14. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 UY7)" (last observation: 2010-11-06).
15. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 UJ7)" (last observation: 2010-11-02).
16. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 VN1)" (last observation: 2010-11-09).
17. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 VR21)" (last observation: 2010-11-07).
18. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 VP139)" (last observation: 2010-11-14).
19. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 VC140)" (last observation: 2010-11-19).
20. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 WA)" (last observation: 2010-11-17).
21. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 XR)" (last observation: 2010-12-05).
22. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2010 XB)" (last observation: 2010-12-02).