The Potentially Dangerous Asteroid (29075) 1950 DA

The Potentially Dangerous Asteroid (29075) 1950 DA

Ireneusz Wlodarczyk

We computed impact solutions of the potentially dangerous asteroid (29075) 1950 DA based on 768 optical observations from 1950 February 22.23014 to 2021 July 4.618248, and twelve radar observations from 2001 March 03 to 2012 May 01. We followed the asteroid’s orbit (29075) 1950 DA forward in the future, searching for close approaches with the Earth, which can lead to possible impacts up to the year 2881. Earlier, in Wlodarczyk (2020), we presented the current state of calculations of possible collisions for two more asteroids: (99942) Apophis and (410777) 2009 FD. The latter two no longer pose a threat to the Earth.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 12, 276-278 (2022)

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