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RE: Asteroid 2012 OQ
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The 120 - 270 metre wide asteroid 2012 OQ will make a close pass (7.7 lunar distances, 0.0197 AU), travelling at 12.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th July, 2012 @ 18:29 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 OQ                                             PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0148 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M   3.25956              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.75864920     Peri.  100.60765     +0.81477874     -0.56870279
a   1.1906261      Node   294.14188     +0.47182081     +0.76342732
e   0.3950201      Incl.    7.09747     +0.33692837     +0.30619578
P   1.30           H   21.7           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - O13



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