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The 920 - 2100 metre wide asteroid (141052) 2001 XR1 will make a close pass (74.4 LD, 0.1911 AU) travelling at 23.86 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd January 2016 @ 19:14 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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The 930 m - 2.1 km metre wide asteroid (141052) 2001 XR1 will make a close pass (68.8 Lunar Distances, 0.1769 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on 1st February 2009.

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Asteroid (141052) 2001 XR1 was discovered on the 9th Decmber 2001, by LINEAR (Socorro observatory).
Orbital elements:
2001 XR1
Epoch 2001 Nov. 27.0 TT = JDT 2452240.5                 MPC
M 262.86601              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.69381650     Peri.  303.40632     -0.55061679     +0.78085837
a   1.2636873      Node   290.40757     -0.62236843     -0.61960468
e   0.5784692      Incl.   18.35220     -0.55630809     -0.07968846
P   1.42           H   17.4           G   0.1
From 12 observations 2001 Dec. 9-10.
MPEC 2001 -X35

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