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Post Info TOPIC: Asteroid (100926) 1998 MQ


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The 1300 - 2900 metre wide asteroid 1998 MQ will make a close pass (77.7 lunar distances, 0.1997 AU), travelling at 13.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd October, 2010 @ 18:41 UT.

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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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Asteroid (100926) 1998 MQ
Minimum distance: 0.1997 AU
Date of closest approach: 2010-10-23 16:47:00 UT
Date of maximum brightness: 2010-10-25 04:00:00 UT
Maximum brightness at closest approach: 15 V.
Maximum angular velocity: 5.61"/min
maximum date and time the angular velocity: 2010-10-23 13:00:00 UT
Absolute brightness: 16.5

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