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Asteroid 2012 VC37
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Orbital elements:
2012 VC37                                                Earth MOID = 0.0343 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 348.33268              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21229227     Peri.   34.28166     +0.41241163     -0.91029253
a   2.7830004      Node    31.40561     +0.81966016     +0.35360824
e   0.6398250      Incl.    3.94330     +0.39758506     +0.21524108
P   4.64           H   24.6           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - V66

The 32 - 72 metre wide asteroid 2012 VC37 made a close pass (14.5 lunar distances, 0.0371 AU), travelling at 8.76 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th November, 2012 @ 10:54 UT ±00:02. 

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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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