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Asteroid 2012 WH1
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Orbital elements:
2012 WH1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0070 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 162.33093              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.33552812     Peri.  147.22581     -0.85236078     +0.51787758
a   0.8166463      Node    64.12995     -0.49551612     -0.75536676
e   0.3371828      Incl.    4.63377     -0.16716719     -0.40152692
P   0.74           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - W24

The 51 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2012 WH1 will make a close pass (7.6 lunar distances, 0.0196 AU), travelling at 8.08 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th November, 2012 @ 09:41 UT ±02:28. 

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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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