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The 440 - 970 metre wide asteroid 2012 LU7 will make a close pass (46.7 lunar distances, 0.1200 AU), travelling at 8.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd September, 2012 @ 06:25 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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Orbital elements:
2012 LU7                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0986 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 316.31102              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25798209     Peri.  179.38112     +0.89365780     +0.44353055
a   2.4438601      Node   153.94807     -0.41238390     +0.87165308
e   0.5462885      Incl.    8.93844     -0.17696115     +0.20857028
P   3.82           H   18.8           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - L40

The 470 - 1100 metre wide asteroid 2012 LU7 will make a close pass (47.6 lunar distances, 0.1222 AU), travelling at 8.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd September, 2012 @ 08:46 UT ±23:32. 

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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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