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RE: Asteroid 2017 JA2
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The 32 - 72 metre wide asteroid 2017 JA2 will make a close pass (2.57 LD, 0.00661 AU), travelling at 9.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th May 2017 @ 12:31 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:
2017 JA2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU
Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5                 MPC
M 251.76235              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.75506104     Peri.  253.22687     +0.55332534     +0.82282975
a   1.1943951      Node    51.08681     -0.68669684     +0.53863898
e   0.2879599      Incl.    9.58386     -0.47146423     +0.18116085
P   1.31           H   24.7           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2017-J47



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