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2010 RX30 is a tiny near-Earth asteroid that passed within 248,000 kilometres (154,000 mi) over Earth's surface at 09:51 UTC on 8 September 2010. It is an Aten asteroid estimated to be around 12 metres (39 ft) in diameter with a mass of 2,500 tonnes (5,500,000 lb). It was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, United States alongside 2010 RF12, a small asteroid that also encountered Earth on 8 September. Both asteroids were discovered three days prior to encounter on 5 September, and they were reported to the Minor Planet Center (MPC) that day. Asteroids similar in size to 2010 RX30 and 2010 RF12 are expected to pass within the Moon's orbit every day, though they typically remain undiscovered.
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