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Post Info TOPIC: Asteroid 2012 VB26


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RE: Asteroid 2012 VB26
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The 21 - 47 metre wide asteroid 2012 VB26 will make a close pass (9.7 lunar distances, 0.0250 AU), travelling at 12.90 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th November, 2012 @ 13:06 UT ±02:55. 

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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 VB26                                                Earth MOID = 0.0204 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 324.29717              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39773566     Peri.  257.90249     -0.42577565     -0.90380393
a   1.8312165      Node   217.39192     +0.85529890     -0.38648653
e   0.5590339      Incl.    4.06548     +0.29526071     -0.18375694
P   2.48           H   25.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - V52



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