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Asteroid 2012 TM79
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Orbital elements:
2012 TM79                                                Earth MOID = 0.0005 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M   4.16782              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32247294     Peri.  331.77652     +0.97710584     +0.21228644
a   2.1060751      Node    15.98575     -0.18430361     +0.87767854
e   0.5466223      Incl.    2.93350     -0.10628431     +0.42966831
P   3.06           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   5

MPEC 2012 - T64

The 13 - 30 metre wide asteroid 2012 TM79 made a close pass (0.2 lunar distances, 0.0006 AU), travelling at 9.86 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th October, 2012 @ 17:05 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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