The Potentially Dangerous Asteroid (410777) 2009 FD

The Potentially Dangerous Asteroid (410777) 2009 FD

Ireneusz Włodarczyk

We computed impact solutions of the potentially dangerous asteroid (410777) 2009 FD based on 505 optical observations from 2009 February 24.36493 to 2019 April 15.17062, and eight radar observations from 2014 April 07 to 2015 November 04. We followed orbit of the asteroid (41077) 2009 FD forward in the future searching for close approaches with the Earth, which can lead to possible impacts up to the year 2190. According to the NEODyS website the asteroid (41077) 2009 FD belongs to the so-called ’special group’ of asteroids: (99942) Apophis, (29075) 1950 DA, (101955) Bennu, and (410777) 2009 FD. They are subject to an individual procedure for calculating possible collisions with Earth.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 10, 113-115 (2020)

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