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RE: Asteroid 2012 VC6
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The 32 - 72 metre wide asteroid 2012 VC6 will make a close pass (25.8 lunar distances, 0.0664 AU), travelling at 6.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th November, 2012 @ 12:28 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 VC6                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0660 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 337.48504              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33254575     Peri.   67.94876     +0.23258246     -0.97253432
a   2.0633289      Node     8.61711     +0.86849794     +0.20348335
e   0.5046634      Incl.    3.47322     +0.43774047     +0.11301114
P   2.96           H   24.9           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - V23



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