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The 1100 - 2400 metre wide asteroid 2003 YG118 will make a close pass (67.7 lunar distances, 0.1739 AU), travelling at 20.83 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th February, 2011 @ 15:39 UT ±1 minute.

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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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Asteroid 2003 YG118 (2011 February, H = 17.0)
The lightcurve parameters for this NEA are unknown. The estimated size is 1.1 km.

DATE    RA(2000)  DC(2000)   E.D.   S.D.   Mag      a

02/01   12 39.05  +11 36.5  0.294  1.182  16.45   42.5
02/06   13 12.57  +07 31.7  0.246  1.135  16.13   47.6
02/11   13 56.68  +01 39.6  0.208  1.090  15.89   55.4
02/16   14 54.23  -06 14.3   0.182  1.046  15.85   66.7
02/21   16 04.30  -15 04.7   0.174  1.003  16.11   80.2
02/26   17 18.38  -22 22.5   0.185  0.964  16.65   92.8

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