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Asteroid 2012 WS10
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Orbital elements:
2012 WS10                                                Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M  18.33020              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.88878460     Peri.   89.14011     +0.78017861     +0.52942281
a   1.0713673      Node   238.82493     -0.60407111     +0.77600997
e   0.2379764      Incl.   22.92076     +0.16254059     +0.34281191
P   1.11           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - W42



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The 26 - 58 metre wide asteroid 2012 WS10 made a close pass (10.8 lunar distances, 0.0278 AU), travelling at 13.70 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th November, 2012 @ 19:49 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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