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The 420 - 940 metre wide asteroid 2012 BT23 will make a close pass (48.0 lunar distances, 0.1232 AU), travelling at 12.96 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th March, 2012 @ 16:12 UT ±17:01.

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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:
2012 BT23                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0492 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 346.04466              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36171010     Peri.   43.04462     -0.70041014     +0.71370692
a   1.9508728      Node   182.52552     -0.69010929     -0.67966721
e   0.5944961      Incl.    9.05294     -0.18213951     -0.16933672
P   2.72           H   19.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - B53



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