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Orbital elements:
2005 RK3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0149 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M  13.21483              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.70757272     Peri.   18.28174     +0.99964693     -0.01827704
a   1.2472552      Node   342.73139     +0.00753500     +0.89104203
e   0.1851759      Incl.    3.72511     +0.02548013     +0.45355270
P   1.39           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   0

MPEC 2012 - Y03



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The 52 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2005 RK3 will make a close pass (71.7 lunar distances, 0.1843 AU), travelling at 8.27 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th August, 2012 @ 16:16 UT ±00:45. 

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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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