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RE: Asteroid 2012 QC8

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2012 09 10    00 24.41   -59 42.7    0.0823   1.055   123.6    52.7    14.6
2012 09 11    00 47.32   -65 37.1    0.0745   1.043   116.9    59.4    14.6
2012 09 12    01 33.52   -72 17.4    0.0678   1.030   108.9    67.6    14.6
2012 09 13    03 29.07   -78 16.9    0.0626   1.018    99.4    77.2    14.7
2012 09 14    07 02.83   -77 57.0    0.0593   1.006    88.5    88.1    15.0
2012 09 15    09 05.65   -69 55.6    0.0583   0.994    77.0    99.8    15.4
2012 09 16    09 54.35   -59 43.0    0.0595   0.982    65.4   111.4    16.1
2012 09 17    10 18.17   -49 44.1    0.0630   0.970    54.8   122.1    16.9
2012 09 18    10 32.04   -40 52.1    0.0684   0.958    45.7   131.4    17.9
2012 09 19    10 41.07   -33 21.9    0.0752   0.946    38.1   139.1    19.0
2012 09 20    10 47.43   -27 09.5    0.0832   0.935    32.0   145.3    20.1
2012 09 21    10 52.15   -22 03.6    0.0921   0.923    27.2   150.1    21.1
2012 09 22    10 55.81   -17 51.8    0.102    0.911    23.6   153.8    22.1
2012 09 23    10 58.75   -14 23.1    0.112    0.900    21.0   156.5    22.9
2012 09 24    11 01.19   -11 28.7    0.122    0.889    19.2   158.3    23.6
2012 09 25    11 03.25   -09 01.5    0.133    0.877    18.0   159.3    24.1
2012 09 26    11 05.04   -06 56.2    0.144    0.866    17.5   159.6    24.3
2012 09 27    11 06.62   -05 08.8    0.156    0.855    17.4   159.4    24.4
2012 09 28    11 08.05   -03 35.8    0.167    0.844    17.7   158.8    24.3
2012 09 29    11 09.37   -02 15.0    0.179    0.834    18.2   157.9    24.2
2012 09 30    11 10.60   -01 04.3    0.191    0.823    18.9   156.8    24.0

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Orbital elements:
2012 QC8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0572 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 354.12579              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21174227     Peri.   45.31995     +0.34928680     -0.93604228
a   2.7878175      Node    24.33280     +0.82771917     +0.28686369
e   0.7660116      Incl.    5.94882     +0.43918072     +0.20379910
P   4.65           H   17.9           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - Q25

The 690 - 1600 metre wide asteroid 2012 QC8 will make a close pass (22.7 lunar distances, 0.0583 AU), travelling at 20.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th September, 2012 @ 23:00 UT ±00:16.

The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).