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RE: Asteroid 2012 OP4
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The 300 - 680 metre wide asteroid 2012 OP4 will make a close pass (40.5 lunar distances, 0.1040 AU), travelling at 22.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th August, 2012 @ 00:08 UT ±00:24. 

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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 OP4                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0493 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 358.55412              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31836197     Peri.  262.54388     +0.65183310     -0.72920261
a   2.1241667      Node   143.86435     +0.75645671     +0.64465198
e   0.6583571      Incl.   20.68215     -0.05372949     +0.22953730
P   3.10           H   19.7           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - O47



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