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Asteroid 2009 TK12

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Asteroid 2009 TK12 has just passed the Earth.

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Update:
The 210 - 480 metre wide asteroid 2009 TK12 will make a close pass (27.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0710 AU), travelling at 13.87 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd November, 2009.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

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The 240 - 540 metre wide asteroid 2009 TK12 will make a close pass (27.0 Lunar Distances, 0.0695 AU), travelling at 13.45 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd November, 2009.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

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Orbital elements:
2009 TK12                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0134 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 358.66767              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46591216     Peri.  245.00021     -0.65391654     -0.75419596
a   1.6479095      Node   245.97219     +0.71561682     -0.59091305
e   0.5687225      Incl.    3.75696     +0.24553151     -0.28637426
P   2.12           H   20.2           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - U14