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 Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012 LZ1 To Be Twice As Big As First Believed

Using the planetary radar system at Arecibo Observatory, astronomers have determined that asteroid 2012 LZ1 is twice as large as originally estimated based on its brightness, and large enough to have serious global consequences if it were to hit the Earth. However, a new orbit solution also derived from the radar measurements shows that this object does not have any chance of hitting the Earth for at least the next 750 years.
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NEO 2012 LZ1 15-06-12

NEO 2012 LZ1 15-06-12 imaged with iTelescope T16 in Nerpio Spain at 1:45 UT, closest approach was at 23:10 UT.



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Asteroid Near Earth Fly-By Captured By Italian Observatory

Asteroid 2012 LZ1 came about 3.3 million miles from planet Earth on its closest approach on June 14th, 2012. The space rock is about 1640 feet wide. The Remanzacco Observatory captured imagery.



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LZ1 Asteroid Time-Lapse from June 13, 2012

This is a time-lapse video produced by Slooh's Canary Islands observatory on June 13th



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Massive asteroid to fly past Earth

The asteroid, which is 10 times the size of an Olympic swimming pool, is one of 9,000 "near-Earth objects" recorded by Nasa.
It will not be visible to the naked eye but stargazers can watch a live broadcast and catch a glimpse of it passing by Earth online.
Named LZ1, the asteroid is 500m wide and is likely to get only within 14 times the moon's distance from Earth.
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An unusually large Near-Earth Object, 2012 LZ1 has just been discovered by Rob McNaught and colleagues on 2012 June 10/11 - Slooh Space Camera will track live with Bob Berman and Rob McNaught.
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Orbital elements:
2012 LZ1                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0312 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 334.60964              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24313966     Peri.   13.89205     +0.12450858     +0.88919710
a   2.5423315      Node   264.68544     -0.94734493     -0.02539397
e   0.5923410      Incl.   26.24163     -0.29501727     +0.45681907
P   4.05           H   19.7           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - L30

The 300 - 670 metre wide asteroid 2012 LZ1 will make a close pass (14.2 lunar distances, 0.0364 AU), travelling at 16.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th June, 2012 @ 23:08 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).



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