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Orbital elements:
2003 WH166                                          PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0046 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   0.18022              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36627342     Peri.  328.59067     -0.90522054     -0.42494004
a   1.9346353      Node   186.26290     +0.39234056     -0.83457563
e   0.5557836      Incl.    0.69284     +0.16323192     -0.35058448
P   2.69           H   22.0           G   0.15           U   1

MPEC 2012 - H56



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The 110 - 250 metre wide asteroid 2003 WH166 will make a close pass (19.8 lunar distances, 0.0509 AU), travelling at 13.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd April, 2012 @ 12:44 UT ±1 day 19:39. 

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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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