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Asteroid 2012 PA20
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Orbital elements:
2012 PA20                                                Earth MOID = 0.0156 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 346.01920              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33513540     Peri.  118.90205     +0.51406673     -0.85171011
a   2.0526859      Node   299.81306     +0.74054574     +0.50047490
e   0.5920286      Incl.    6.72552     +0.43281335     +0.15528930
P   2.94           H   22.1           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - Q04

The 98 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2012 PA20 will make a close pass (57.7 lunar distances, 0.1482 AU), travelling at 10.22 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th October, 2012 @ 23:35 UT ±1 day 01:56. 

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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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