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Asteroid 2012 RP15
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Orbital elements:
2012 RP15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0880 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 357.78755              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23768876     Peri.  220.11448     +0.92937153     -0.36835305
a   2.5810532      Node   161.45622     +0.35517442     +0.87442783
e   0.5842571      Incl.    4.36016     +0.10059669     +0.31574040
P   4.15           H   23.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - S13

The 67 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2012 RP15 will make a close pass (43.6 lunar distances, 0.1119 AU), travelling at 8.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th September, 2012 @ 19:02 UT ±00:29. 

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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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