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RE: Asteroid 2012 TG79
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The 12 - 27 metre wide asteroid 2012 TG79 made a close pass (15.6 lunar distances, 0.0402 AU), travelling at 6.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th October, 2012 @ 09:56 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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Orbital elements:
2012 TG79                                                Earth MOID = 0.0399 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 357.10820              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25675427     Peri.   15.75531     +0.95004236     -0.31212000
a   2.4516451      Node     2.43215     +0.28432966     +0.86440983
e   0.5765497      Incl.    1.06029     +0.12874842     +0.39417859
P   3.84           H   26.7           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - T59



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