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Post Info TOPIC: Asteroid 2012 VQ6


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RE: Asteroid 2012 VQ6
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The 10 - 23 metre wide asteroid 2012 VQ6 will make a close pass (1.8 lunar distances, 0.0046 AU), travelling at 12.96 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th November, 2012 @ 11:34 UT ±00:05. 

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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 VQ6                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0042 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 312.45700              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53040463     Peri.  269.14161     -0.50982734     -0.86024248
a   1.5114641      Node   211.51448     +0.79501602     -0.46772290
e   0.4969040      Incl.    0.84169     +0.32867250     -0.20302256
P   1.86           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - V36



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