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Asteroid 2012 EO8
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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 03 14    09 27.86   -05 29.9    0.0565   1.042   146.9    31.4    19.4
2012 03 15    09 24.59   -04 21.8    0.0494   1.036   145.5    33.0    19.1
2012 03 16    09 20.34   -02 50.2    0.0423   1.029   143.8    34.8    18.8
2012 03 17    09 14.50   -00 41.5    0.0353   1.023   141.7    37.1    18.5
2012 03 18    09 05.90   +02 30.7    0.0283   1.017   138.6    40.3    18.1
2012 03 19    08 51.90   +07 43.3    0.0217   1.011   133.8    45.3    17.6
2012 03 20    08 25.13   +17 14.0    0.0154   1.005   124.8    54.5    17.1
2012 03 21    07 17.43   +36 04.5    0.0106   0.999   105.0    74.5    16.9
2012 03 22    03 37.66   +56 25.8    0.00948  0.993    70.0   109.5    18.2
2012 03 23    00 11.26   +46 51.2    0.0131   0.988    45.8   133.6    20.8

Google earth file: Asteroid 2012 EO8.kmz (16kb, kmz)



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Orbital elements:
2012 EO8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0036 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 346.25389              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34087741     Peri.   45.90655     -0.70697540     +0.70723415
a   2.0295694      Node   179.09365     -0.68420232     -0.68309366
e   0.5593873      Incl.    8.64058     -0.17903345     -0.18221666
P   2.89           H   24.3           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - F01

The 37 - 82 metre wide asteroid 2012 EO8 will make a close pass (3.6 lunar distances, 0.0093 AU), travelling at 12.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st March, 2012 @ 17:18 UT ±00:39.

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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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