Orbital elements:
2012 UB34 Earth MOID = 0.2864 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 4.84340 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.22910000 Peri. 247.93073 +0.96121453 +0.10232458
a 2.6451643 Node 105.44583 -0.01601501 +0.94777068
e 0.5559067 Incl. 15.40942 -0.27533644 +0.30209339
P 4.30 H 20.3...
Orbital elements:
2012 UA34 Earth MOID = 0.0881 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC
M 116.12277 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.41655623 Peri. 222.18823 -0.49284209 +0.86296391
a 0.7851998 Node 19.14232 -0.67969586 -0.30191827
e 0.8030990 Incl. 19.85157 -0.54324968 -0.40514029
P 0.70 H 19....
The 260 - 580 metre wide asteroid 2003 UC5 will make a close pass (68.1 lunar distances, 0.1750 au), travelling at 35.80 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st October, 2012 @ 02:01 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....
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