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RE: Asteroid 2012 MY2

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 06 27    14 16.25   +07 21.5    0.00712  1.019   112.1    67.5    18.0
2012 06 28    14 05.37   +18 23.4    0.00538  1.018   103.5    76.2    17.7
2012 06 29    13 41.00   +38 10.4    0.00400  1.016    88.2    91.6    17.6
2012 06 30    12 01.38   +68 09.8    0.00345  1.015    65.3   114.5    18.5
2012 07 01    05 09.17   +70 40.2    0.00411  1.014    49.4   130.4    20.2
2012 07 02    03 38.45   +54 10.1    0.00555  1.013    46.6   133.2    21.1
2012 07 03    03 15.65   +44 07.8    0.00733  1.012    48.3   131.4    21.5
2012 07 04    03 05.61   +38 00.6    0.00924  1.011    50.5   129.1    21.8
2012 07 05    03 00.06   +33 59.4    0.0112   1.010    52.7   126.8    22.0

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Orbital elements:
2012 MY2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0029 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 267.86091              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.70754979     Peri.   38.20404     +0.53038538     +0.84767152
a   1.2472822      Node   263.83050     -0.78074411     +0.48288871
e   0.1970325      Incl.    0.69238     -0.33034828     +0.21970773
P   1.39           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - M26

The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2012 MY2 will make a close pass (1.3 lunar distances, 0.0034 AU), travelling at 3.77 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th June, 2012 @ 22:44 UT ±02:10.

The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).