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Asteroid 2012 TA259
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Orbital elements:
2012 TA259                                               Earth MOID = 0.1653 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 325.90771              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41069445     Peri.  355.65725     -0.75134342     -0.65172407
a   1.7924904      Node   142.99058     +0.61052419     -0.74609546
e   0.7230195      Incl.    9.91315     +0.25048610     -0.13637191
P   2.40           H   20.6           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - U29

The 210 - 470 metre wide asteroid 2012 TA259 will make a close pass (74.5 lunar distances, 0.1915 AU), travelling at 19.94 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th November, 2012 @ 07:21 UT ±00:07. 

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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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