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Orbital elements:
2003 AF23                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0331 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 172.94105              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.20496931     Peri.   43.93894     +0.81861765     +0.43284399
a   0.8746186      Node   286.80547     -0.57214151     +0.67202257
e   0.4258543      Incl.   23.22534     +0.05019193     +0.60085918
P   0.82           H   20.6           G   0.15           U   4

MPEC 2012 - A50



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The 200 - 460 metre wide asteroid 2003 AF23 will make a close pass (14.1 lunar distances, 0.0361 AU), travelling at 16.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th January, 2012 @ 12:43 UT ±00:11.

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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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