2008 YC3

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2008 YC₃

Orbital elements of impact orbit for two dates (equ. J2000)

	Epoch [TT]	a [AU]	e	i [deg]	Ω [deg]	ω [deg]	M [deg]	rms
dev/σ	20081130 20880615	1.011751451 8.83 1.039991684	0.044474765 8.82 0.049135684	11.9756371 8.83 11.8811378	91.7481451 -8.80 90.6952607	82.3302234 -8.90 115.0324039	259.1274088 8.89 53.1126536	0″.97

Impact date: 2088 06 22.202 (UT) V_impact= 12.818 km/sec Ψ_impact = 5°.63

dev/σ: Deviation from the nominal orbit parameter divided by the respective uncertainty.

V_impact: The velocity of the asteroid relative to the Earth at the moment of impact.

Ψ_impact: The impact angle is measured from the vertical axis that goes through the impact point. Thus, the impact angle is 0 degrees for a vertical impact.

Orbital elements of impact orbit for two dates (equ. J2000)

	Epoch [TT]	a [AU]	e	i [deg]	Ω [deg]	ω [deg]	M [deg]	rms
dev/σ	20081130 20900615	1.011768294 8.43 1.037723977	0.044487925 8.42 0.048262470	11.9789720 8.42 11.8926441	91.7478601 -8.40 90.6806422	82.3195407 -8.49 112.7326925	259.1400149 8.48 54.9196268	0″.94

Impact date: 2090 06 22.697 (UT) V_impact= 12.808 km/sec Ψ_impact =33°.10

Orbital elements of impact orbit for two dates (equ. J2000)

	Epoch [TT]	a [AU]	e	i [deg]	Ω [deg]	ω [deg]	M [deg]	rms
dev/σ	20081130 20920615	1.011785099 8.03 1.035604166	0.044501259 8.02 0.047665326	11.9823633 8.03 11.9042967	91.7475701 -7.99 90.6597305	82.3090861 -8.10 110.4670737	259.1524154 8.08 57.6151980	0″.92

Impact date: 2092 06 22.188 (UT) V_impact= 12.813 km/sec Ψ_impact =11°.97