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Post Info TOPIC: Asteroid 2011 WK15


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The 310 - 680 metre wide asteroid 2011 WK15 will make a close pass (44.8 LD, 0.1151 AU) travelling at 7.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th February 2015 @ 01:33 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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Orbital elements:
2011 WK15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0919 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 249.34241              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39205207     Peri.   72.07270     -0.98925665     -0.07053474
a   1.8488722      Node   103.73272     +0.01902892     -0.93057897
e   0.4736576      Incl.    7.57452     +0.14494547     -0.35923200
P   2.51           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - W42



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