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Post Info TOPIC: Asteroid 2001 QM142


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RE: Asteroid 2001 QM142
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The 73 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2001 QM142 will make a close pass (18.2 lunar distances, 0.0468 AU), travelling at 11.81 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th September, 2012 @ 06:04 UT ±00:01. 

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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:
2001 QM142                                               Earth MOID = 0.0341 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 326.19250              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.71791979     Peri.  292.60654     +0.10346683     -0.99342919
a   1.2352421      Node   151.32166     +0.94589712     +0.08307129
e   0.4284186      Incl.    5.85074     +0.30752765     +0.07872488
P   1.37           H   22.7           G   0.15           U   5

MPEC 2012 - Q68



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