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The 18 - 39 metre wide asteroid 2012 DS30 will make a close pass (47.6 lunar distances, 0.1224 AU), travelling at 5.39 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd August, 2012 @ 16:03 UT ±00:57. 

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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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The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2012 DS30 mase a close pass (11.8 lunar distances, 0.0304 AU), travelling at 5.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th February, 2012 @ 03:43 UT ±00:02.

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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 DS30                                                Earth MOID = 0.0299 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 336.71205              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.86226610     Peri.  228.80550     -0.92640214     +0.36867064
a   1.0932224      Node   332.56835     -0.27611714     -0.80338613
e   0.0922538      Incl.    9.56577     -0.25600468     -0.46760313
P   1.14           H   25.9           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - D65



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