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RE: Asteroid 2012 MU2

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Orbital elements:
2012 MU2                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0013 AU
Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5                  MPC
M 299.74543              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33406192     Peri.   16.55324     -0.05910630     +0.98130372
a   2.0570810      Node   250.35228     -0.93650719     -0.11803847
e   0.5140702      Incl.   11.21486     -0.34563090     +0.15201952
P   2.95           H   20.8           G   0.15           U   1

MPEC 2015 - D21

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Orbital elements:
2012 MU2                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0042 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 327.41080              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31879933     Peri.   16.43360     -0.06346044     +0.98021013
a   2.1222235      Node   250.23438     -0.93659331     -0.12337851
e   0.5311405      Incl.   11.49319     -0.34462406     +0.15480905
P   3.09           H   20.7           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - M24

The 190 - 440 metre wide asteroid 2012 MU2 will make a close pass (47.3 lunar distances, 0.1217 AU), travelling at 10.55 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd July, 2012 @ 20:15 UT ±00:10.

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