2009 KK

2009 KK is an asteroid which was listed for several weeks in May and June 2009 on the NASA Near Earth Object Program Current Impact Risk List with a rating on the Torino Scale of Level 1. On 22 May 2009, it was listed as the second near-earth object assessed above Level 0 for potential impacts within 100 years, the first being 2007 VK184. As of 10 June 2009 it was downgraded to Level 0 as the cumulutive earth-impact probability was assessed as 7.9e-06 or 1 in 127,000.[1] On 17 June 2009, JPL removed 2009 KK from the list of potential Earth impactors.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Current Impact Risks". Near Earth Object Program. NASA. 2009-01-28. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  2. ^ "NEOs Removed from Impact Risks Tables". Near Earth Object Program. NASA. 2009-06-17. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/removed.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 

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