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The 23 - 52 metre wide asteroid 2012 SZ2 will make a close pass (59.2 LD, 0.1521 AU) travelling at 13.71 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th September 2015 @ 10:57 UT ±13:48. 

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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:
2012 SZ2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0164 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 338.05216              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.66259090     Peri.  231.92172     +0.68317666     -0.72975262
a   1.3030840      Node   174.73393     +0.72755379     +0.67700480
e   0.2801387      Incl.   17.12975     +0.06273072     +0.09552809
P   1.49           H   25.2           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - S28

The 24 - 54 metre wide asteroid 2012 SZ2 will make a close pass (8.2 lunar distances, 0.0211 AU), travelling at 10.72 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th September, 2012 @ 20:00 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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