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RE: Asteroid 2012 VO6
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The 150 - 340 metre wide asteroid 2012 VO6 will make a close pass (41.9 lunar distances, 0.1077 AU), travelling at 12.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th March, 2013 @ 06:32 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 VO6                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0270 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 312.78079              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35308844     Peri.  244.19153     -0.59488641     -0.80185082
a   1.9825024      Node   242.42705     +0.75828423     -0.53667797
e   0.5405087      Incl.    3.62754     +0.26667430     -0.26270138
P   2.79           H   21.3           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - V34



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