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The 97 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2012 YN6 will make a close pass (20.9 lunar distances, 0.0536 AU), travelling at 6.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st February, 2013 @ 11:57 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 YN6                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0528 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 317.05015              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32890960     Peri.  207.52401     -0.75596827     -0.64831419
a   2.0785079      Node   291.76537     +0.61709091     -0.65962915
e   0.5082203      Incl.    5.59575     +0.21842799     -0.38023427
P   3.00           H   22.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - Y35

The 120 - 260 metre wide asteroid 2012 YN6 will make a close pass (20.9 lunar distances, 0.0538 AU), travelling at 6.90 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st February, 2013 @ 12:19 UT ±01:03. 

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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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