2009 VA

id: 2009-va-256-5908662
title: 2009 VA
text: 2009 VA is an asteroid that came within 14,000 kilometres (8,700 mi) of Earth on 6 November 2009 making it the third closest non-impacting approach of a cataloged asteroid. With a diameter of only 7 metres (23 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. The space rock made its pass by Earth just fifteen hours after its discovery. The asteroid was first discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey at the Univer
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date modified: 2023-11-27T17:42:58Z
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