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RE: Asteroid 2008 JP

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Orbital elements:
2008 JP                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1385 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M   7.73453              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51233006     Peri.  307.17027     +0.90870646     +0.38413590
a   1.5468071      Node    31.22660     -0.20604877     +0.75314221
e   0.6487397      Incl.   18.36941     -0.36303784     +0.53405658
P   1.92           H   20.8           G   0.15           U   3

MPEC 2010 - J15

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The 190 - 420 metre wide asteroid 2008 JP will make a close pass (54.7 lunar distances, 0.1404 AU), travelling at 22.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th May, 2010.

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