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Asteroid 2012 VD5
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Orbital elements:
2012 VD5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0026 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 335.01119              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.34833915     Peri.   51.00694     -0.02573249     -0.99925625
a   2.0004814      Node    40.49589     +0.90296348     -0.03556067
e   0.5626246      Incl.    2.53470     +0.42894614     +0.01491245
P   2.83           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - V13

The 14 - 32 metre wide asteroid 2012 VD5 made a close pass (1.5 lunar distances, 0.0040 AU), travelling at 11.41 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th November, 2012 @ 10:38 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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