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Post Info TOPIC: Asteroid 2012 XM16


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RE: Asteroid 2012 XM16
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The 19 - 43 metre wide asteroid 2012 XM16 will make a close pass (3.1 lunar distances, 0.0080 AU), travelling at 12.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th December, 2012 @ 22:11 UT ±03:30. 

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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 XM16                                                Earth MOID = 0.0032 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 329.59144              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27503848     Peri.   40.57865     -0.66891108     -0.74242693
a   2.3417493      Node    91.43856     +0.67210181     -0.62525411
e   0.6290861      Incl.    2.11428     +0.31754860     -0.24054014
P   3.58           H   25.7           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - X30



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