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Asteroid 2012 CD
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Orbital elements:
2012 CD                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1445 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 350.88299              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63421589     Peri.  232.80802     -0.94839943     +0.11234691
a   1.3416667      Node   311.51322     +0.09593998     -0.78961473
e   0.2078878      Incl.   23.32682     -0.30221522     -0.60323026
P   1.55           H   24.2           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - C13

The 40 - 89 metre wide asteroid 2012 CD will make a close pass (57.6 lunar distances, 0.1480 AU), travelling at 12.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 7th February, 2012 @ 10:46 UT ±02:36. 

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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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