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RE: Asteroid 2012 FW23

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Update:
The 33 - 74 metre wide asteroid 2012 FW23 made a close pass (0.1281 AU), travelling at 6.04 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd April, 2012 @ 21:23 UT ±00:13.

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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:
2012 FW23                                                Earth MOID = 0.1270 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 333.86578              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.65923417     Peri.   25.35229     -0.86087192     +0.50848840
a   1.3075036      Node   185.32199     -0.49408780     -0.84404211
e   0.1456167      Incl.   11.45112     -0.12155980     -0.17038917
P   1.50           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - F67

The 33 - 74 metre wide asteroid 2012 FW23 will make a close pass (49.6 lunar distances, 0.1274 AU), travelling at 6.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd April, 2012 @ 08:47 UT ±22:52.

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