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RE: Asteroid 2012 FC71

Blobrana · L

The 24 - 54 metre wide asteroid 2012 FC71 will make a close pass (35.1 lunar distances, 0.0903 AU), travelling at 4.67 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th June 2014 @ 14:28 UT ±00:27.

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

Blobrana · L

The 24 - 53 metre wide asteroid 2012 FC71 will make a close pass (22.3 lunar distances, 0.0574 AU), travelling at 3.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st May, 2013 @ 21:00 UT ±00:41.

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

Blobrana · L

The 24 - 53 metre wide asteroid 2012 FC71 will make a close pass (41.8 lunar distances, 0.1074 AU), travelling at 3.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th September, 2012 @ 18:29 UT ±00:22.

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

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2012 FC71                                                Earth MOID = 0.0567 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 144.67183              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.00123715     Peri.  348.64489     +0.88606748     -0.46046940
a   0.9895660      Node    38.91653     +0.43168563     +0.77767160
e   0.0867339      Incl.    4.87706     +0.16891397     +0.42801263
P   0.98           H   25.4           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - G13

The 23 - 51 metre wide asteroid 2012 FC71 will make a close pass (29.2 lunar distances, 0.0750 AU), travelling at 3.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th April, 2012 @ 21:17 UT ±08:32.

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