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Asteroid 2012 PK24
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Orbital elements:
2012 PK24                                                Earth MOID = 0.0014 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 337.19458              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.64353016     Peri.  105.60554     +0.43569653     -0.89667173
a   1.3286893      Node   318.28029     +0.77408939     +0.41773147
e   0.4152407      Incl.    6.76663     +0.45929746     +0.14656138
P   1.53           H   23.6           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - Q09

The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2012 PK24 will make a close pass (25.4 lunar distances, 0.0652 AU), travelling at 10.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th September, 2012 @ 08:17 UT ±10:40. 

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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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