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Asteroid 2012 TY52

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The 2 year orbital period will see a return on the 5th November 2014.

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The 150 - 340 metre wide asteroid 2012 TY52 will make a close pass (0.2170 AU), travelling at 11.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th December, 2012 @ 22:06 UT ±06:54.

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

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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2012 10 08 000000 23 09 42.9 +14 48 15   0.374   1.343  152.6  20.0  20.8
2012 10 09 000000 23 07 02.7 +14 21 43   0.369   1.334  151.4  21.0  20.8
2012 10 10 000000 23 04 21.2 +13 54 05   0.363   1.326  150.1  22.0  20.8
2012 10 11 000000 23 01 38.9 +13 25 20   0.358   1.317  148.8  23.1  20.8
2012 10 12 000000 22 58 55.8 +12 55 30   0.353   1.309  147.4  24.3  20.8
2012 10 13 000000 22 56 12.3 +12 24 35   0.348   1.300  145.9  25.5  20.7
2012 10 14 000000 22 53 28.5 +11 52 36   0.343   1.292  144.5  26.7  20.7
2012 10 15 000000 22 50 44.7 +11 19 35   0.338   1.283  143.0  27.9  20.7
2012 10 16 000000 22 48 01.2 +10 45 34   0.334   1.275  141.4  29.2  20.7
2012 10 17 000000 22 45 18.0 +10 10 34   0.329   1.266  139.8  30.5  20.7
2012 10 18 000000 22 42 35.5 +09 34 37   0.325   1.258  138.3  31.8  20.7
2012 10 19 000000 22 39 53.9 +08 57 44   0.321   1.249  136.6  33.2  20.7
2012 10 20 000000 22 37 13.3 +08 19 59   0.317   1.241  135.0  34.6  20.7
2012 10 21 000000 22 34 33.8 +07 41 21   0.314   1.232  133.4  36.0  20.7
2012 10 22 000000 22 31 55.7 +07 01 55   0.310   1.223  131.7  37.4  20.7
2012 10 23 000000 22 29 19.0 +06 21 41   0.307   1.215  130.0  38.9  20.7
2012 10 24 000000 22 26 43.9 +05 40 41   0.303   1.206  128.3  40.3  20.7
2012 10 25 000000 22 24 10.3 +04 58 57   0.300   1.198  126.6  41.8  20.7
2012 10 26 000000 22 21 38.5 +04 16 31   0.297   1.189  124.9  43.3  20.7
2012 10 27 000000 22 19 08.3 +03 33 24   0.294   1.180  123.2  44.8  20.7
2012 10 28 000000 22 16 39.9 +02 49 38   0.291   1.172  121.4  46.3  20.7
2012 10 29 000000 22 14 13.3 +02 05 14   0.288   1.163  119.7  47.9  20.7
2012 10 30 000000 22 11 48.5 +01 20 14   0.285   1.154  118.0  49.5  20.7
2012 10 31 000000 22 09 25.3 +00 34 37   0.282   1.146  116.2  51.0  20.7
2012 11 01 000000 22 07 03.8 -00 11 34   0.280   1.137  114.5  52.6  20.7
2012 11 02 000000 22 04 44.0 -00 58 19   0.277   1.128  112.7  54.2  20.8

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Orbital elements:
2012 TY52                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0001 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 314.85507              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.47092020     Peri.  252.02113     -0.39917653     -0.91029160
a   1.6362054      Node   222.04405     +0.89094624     -0.35685969
e   0.5412446      Incl.    9.42510     +0.21650149     -0.20981032
P   2.09           H   21.3           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - T36

Ed ~ 150 - 340 metre wide