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RE: Asteroid 2012 BX34

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     Mag
2014 01 26    14 26 38.2 -18 49 14   0.02905 0.9826    85.3    93.0    23.2
2014 01 27    14 54 45.0 -27 17 28   0.02647 0.9794    77.7   100.8    23.3
2014 01 28    15 33 29.2 -36 38 29   0.02496 0.9761    68.8   109.8    23.7
2014 01 29    16 26 24.2 -45 32 42   0.02473 0.9727    59.6   119.2    24.3
2014 01 30    17 33 53.8 -52 12 40   0.02582 0.9691    51.2   127.6    25.1
2014 01 31    18 47 49.4 -55 32 19   0.02808 0.9655    44.8   134.0    25.9
2014 02 01    19 54 28.9 -55 55 30   0.03127 0.9618    40.5   138.3    26.6
2014 02 02    20 46 18.6 -54 36 43   0.03513 0.9580    37.8   140.9    27.2
2014 02 03    21 24 03.6 -52 38 19   0.03948 0.9540    36.2   142.4    27.7
2014 02 04    21 51 20.2 -50 33 30   0.04418 0.9500    35.2   143.2    28.0
2014 02 05    22 11 22.6 -48 36 02   0.04913 0.9459    34.6   143.7    28.3
2014 02 06    22 26 27.0 -46 50 16   0.05428 0.9417    34.2   143.9    28.5
2014 02 07    22 38 03.2 -45 16 36   0.05957 0.9374    33.9   144.1    28.8
2014 02 08    22 47 10.2 -43 54 00   0.06497 0.9330    33.6   144.2    29.0
2014 02 09    22 54 27.3 -42 41 01   0.07048 0.9285    33.3   144.3    29.1
2014 02 10    23 00 21.6 -41 36 14   0.07607 0.9238    33.0   144.4    29.3

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2012bx34

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Asteroid to make Earth near pass

Astronomers are watching for an asteroid the size of a double-decker bus which will pass within 70,000km of Earth on Friday.
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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V 
2012 01 26 180000 12 25 52.8 +30 36 55   0.0049  0.988  126.5  53.3  17.9
2012 01 26 190000 12 26 07.3 +30 21 31   0.0047  0.987  126.5  53.3  17.8
2012 01 26 200000 12 26 23.2 +30 04 33   0.0045  0.987  126.4  53.4  17.7
2012 01 26 210000 12 26 40.7 +29 45 47   0.0042  0.987  126.4  53.4  17.6
2012 01 26 220000 12 27 00.0 +29 24 53   0.0040  0.987  126.3  53.5  17.4
2012 01 26 230000 12 27 21.5 +29 01 30   0.0038  0.987  126.3  53.5  17.3
2012 01 27 000000 12 27 45.5 +28 35 09   0.0036  0.987  126.2  53.6  17.2
2012 01 27 010000 12 28 12.4 +28 05 14   0.0033  0.987  126.1  53.7  17.1
2012 01 27 020000 12 28 42.9 +27 30 59   0.0031  0.986  126.0  53.9  16.9
2012 01 27 030000 12 29 17.8 +26 51 22   0.0029  0.986  125.9  54.0  16.7
2012 01 27 040000 12 29 58.0 +26 05 02   0.0027  0.986  125.7  54.2  16.6
2012 01 27 050000 12 30 45.0 +25 10 10   0.0024  0.986  125.4  54.4  16.4
2012 01 27 060000 12 31 40.5 +24 04 09   0.0022  0.986  125.2  54.7  16.2
2012 01 27 070000 12 32 47.2 +22 43 16   0.0020  0.986  124.8  55.1  16.0
2012 01 27 080000 12 34 08.9 +21 01 59   0.0018  0.986  124.3  55.7  15.7
2012 01 27 090000 12 35 51.3 +18 51 39   0.0015  0.986  123.5  56.4  15.5
2012 01 27 100000 12 38 03.5 +15 58 10   0.0013  0.985  122.5  57.4  15.2
2012 01 27 110000 12 41 00.9 +11 57 12   0.0011  0.985  120.9  59.0  14.8
2012 01 27 120000 12 45 12.0 +06 03 54   0.00091 0.985  118.3  61.6  14.5
2012 01 27 130000 12 51 35.9 -03 09 06   0.00071 0.985  113.7  66.3  14.1
2012 01 27 140000 13 02 40.1 -18 28 10   0.00055 0.985  105.0  75.0  13.8
2012 01 27 150000 13 26 45.7 -43 09 16   0.00045 0.985   89.5  90.4  13.9
2012 01 27 160000 14 56 59.0 -71 51 57   0.00046 0.985   70.9 109.1  14.9
2012 01 27 170000 21 32 59.7 -77 06 28   0.00057 0.984   59.0 121.0  16.2
2012 01 27 180000 23 21 09.0 -65 16 23   0.00074 0.984   54.0 126.0  17.1
2012 01 27 190000 23 47 18.4 -57 07 36   0.00094 0.984   52.0 127.9  17.8
2012 01 27 200000 23 58 43.2 -51 44 38   0.0011  0.984   51.3 128.6  18.3
2012 01 27 210000 00 05 05.9 -48 00 21   0.0014  0.984   51.0 128.9  18.7
2012 01 27 220000 00 09 10.2 -45 16 55   0.0016  0.984   51.0 129.0  19.1
2012 01 27 230000 00 11 59.7 -43 13 04   0.0018  0.984   51.0 128.9  19.3
2012 01 28 000000 00 14 04.2 -41 36 11   0.0020  0.983   51.0 128.9  19.6
2012 01 29 000000 00 24 24.2 -32 09 21   0.0074  0.980   51.5 128.2  22.3
2012 01 30 000000 00 25 44.8 -30 40 17   0.013   0.977   50.9 128.5  23.6
2012 01 31 000000 00 26 11.4 -30 04 11   0.018   0.974   50.3 128.9  24.4
2012 02 01 000000 00 26 19.6 -29 44 43   0.024   0.970   49.5 129.4  25.0
2012 02 02 000000 00 26 18.2 -29 32 34   0.029   0.966   48.7 130.0  25.5
2012 02 03 000000 00 26 10.4 -29 24 14   0.034   0.963   47.9 130.6  25.9
2012 02 04 000000 00 25 57.8 -29 18 09   0.040   0.959   47.1 131.1  26.2

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Orbital elements:
2012 BX34                                                Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 295.37101              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.48178508     Peri.  335.64548     +0.22116788     +0.96419936
a   0.7619841      Node   306.80578     -0.86211305     +0.12317110
e   0.3564382      Incl.   10.52850     -0.45590115     +0.23483714
P   0.67           H   27.5           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - B62

The 8 - 19 metre wide asteroid 2012 BX34 will make a close pass (0.2 lunar distances, 0.0004 AU), travelling at 9.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th January, 2012 @ 15:25 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).