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Orbital elements:
2008 RM98                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0089 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 326.70420              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23990587     Peri.  166.01536     -0.02375756     -0.99923000
a   2.5651266      Node   285.33897     +0.91408257     -0.00906395
e   0.6373110      Incl.    1.85546     +0.40483162     -0.03817407
P   4.11           H   20.4           G   0.15           U   0

MPEC 2012 - P24



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The 220 - 500 metre wide asteroid 2008 RM98  made a close pass (45.5 Lunar Distances, 0.1168 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th February 2009.

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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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