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Shoemaker NEO Winner Finds Close Fly By Asteroid

Last week, Planetary Society Shoemaker NEO grant winner Gary Hug of Kansas, USA discovered the asteroid 2012 SY49 that flew by Earth about 2 lunar distances away later in the week. He said the discovery was only possible because of the upgraded camera he purchased with the Shoemaker NEO grant.
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Orbital elements:
2012 SY49                                                Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 334.30947              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52113192     Peri.   84.12092     -0.00394629     -0.99998975
a   1.5293408      Node     6.10651     +0.90901792     -0.00451262
e   0.5575811      Incl.    1.19603     +0.41673835     +0.00037386
P   1.89           H   25.7           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - S66

The 19 - 42 metre wide asteroid 2012 SY49 will make a close pass (2.6 lunar distances, 0.0067 AU), travelling at 15.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th September, 2012 @ 01:05 UT ±00:02. 

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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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