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RE: Asteroid 2012 QO10
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The 460 - 1000 metre wide asteroid 2012 QO10 will make a close pass (46.8 lunar distances, 0.1203 AU), travelling at 9.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th January, 2013 @ 08:14 UT ±00:01. 

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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 QO10                                                Earth MOID = 0.0677 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 320.00672              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45987501     Peri.  188.35138     -0.01196705     -0.99499845
a   1.6623004      Node   262.37569     +0.92310013     +0.02713104
e   0.4822823      Incl.    5.74237     +0.38437343     -0.09613531
P   2.14           H   18.8           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - Q54



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