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Asteroid 2012 MQ
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Orbital elements:
2012 MQ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0988 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 319.33501              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33370790     Peri.  212.70186     +0.47619210     +0.86934503
a   2.0585356      Node    86.04536     -0.77561965     +0.48609022
e   0.4683323      Incl.    7.61574     -0.41431298     +0.08919371
P   2.95           H   23.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - M18

The 58 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2012 MQ will make a close pass (56.1 lunar distances, 0.1442 AU), travelling at 8.83 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th June, 2012 @ 03:45 UT ±02:09. 

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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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