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Asteroid 2012 VJ38
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Orbital elements:
2012 VJ38                                                Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 323.95587              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58537191     Peri.   18.03297     +0.32538638     -0.94556934
a   1.4152988      Node    52.97831     +0.86682334     +0.29628447
e   0.3088783      Incl.    0.33910     +0.37781079     +0.13458878
P   1.68           H   28.3           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - V72

The 6 - 12 metre wide asteroid 2012 VJ38 will make a close pass (0.6 lunar distances, 0.0015 AU), travelling at 4.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th November, 2012 @ 01:51 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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