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The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2012 WF will make a close pass (45.7 lunar distances, 0.11744 AU), travelling at 8.68 km/second, to the Earth on the 31st May 2018 @ 13:41 UT ±16:13.

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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 WF                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0081 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M   9.05435              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.83347170     Peri.  292.34944     +0.94529565     +0.26272555
a   1.1182583      Node    52.95494     -0.12839189     +0.84456279
e   0.1982442      Incl.   14.02040     -0.29988608     +0.46657152
P   1.18           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - W13



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