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Blobrana · L

RE: Asteroid 2012 XB112

Blobrana · L

The 2.5 metre wide asteroid 2012 XB112 will make a close pass (58.6 lunar distances, 0.1507 AU), travelling at 3.69 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th August 2014 @ 11:13 UT ±00:34.

The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Blobrana · L

The 2.5 metre wide asteroid 2012 XB112 will make a close pass (45.7 lunar distances, 0.1175 AU), travelling at 4.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th March 2014 @ 03:17 UT ±00:27.

The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Blobrana · L

The 2.5 metre wide asteroid 2012 XB112 will make a close pass (61.1 lunar distances, 0.1570 AU), travelling at 3.95 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th October 2013 @ 12:19 UT ±00:15.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2012 XB112                                               Earth MOID = 0.0025 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 223.54156              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.94495361     Peri.   83.40753     -0.95768398     -0.28493684
a   1.0284797      Node    80.03164     +0.24506965     -0.88132310
e   0.1406941      Incl.    2.36542     +0.15093792     -0.37693579
P   1.04           H   29.9           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - X69

The 3 - 6 metre wide asteroid 2012 XB112 will make a close pass (0.8 lunar distances, 0.0021 AU), travelling at 4.43 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th December, 2012 @ 15:09 UT ±00:01.

The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).