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The 1500 - 3400 metre wide asteroid 2000 OJ8 will make a close pass (49.8 lunar distances, 0.1280 AU), travelling at 10.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th October, 2011 @ 03:48 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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Asteroid (138524) 2000 OJ8 is brightest on the 6th October, 2011.

Magnitude: 14.4

Distance to Earth: 0.134 AU = 52.1 lunar distances  

Relative velocity: 10.78 km/s  



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The 1500 - 3400 metre wide asteroid 2000 OJ8 will make a close pass (49.8 lunar distances, 0.1280 AU), travelling at 10.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th October, 2011 @ 03:48 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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