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Asteroid 2012 VY4
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Orbital elements:
2012 VY4                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1395 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 345.85535              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20280273     Peri.  207.15204     +0.33298025     -0.93323390
a   2.8691517      Node   223.76609     +0.89666499     +0.35764922
e   0.6141474      Incl.   11.24622     +0.29174655     -0.03408122
P   4.86           H   22.3           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - V08

The 90 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2012 VY4 will make a close pass (72.6 lunar distances, 0.1864 AU), travelling at 8.38 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th November, 2012 @ 07:05 UT ±01:08. 

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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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