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Asteroid 2012 XJ16
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The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2012 XJ16 made a close pass (74.3 lunar distances, 0.1910 AU), travelling at 8.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th November, 2013 @ 07:39 UT ±15:31. 

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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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The 55 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2012 XJ16 made a close pass (45.4 lunar distances, 0.1167 AU), travelling at 8.80 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd December, 2012 @ 19:43 UT ±09:26. 

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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 XJ16                                                Earth MOID = 0.0603 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 199.55110              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.97704169     Peri.  116.41476     -0.96322330     +0.08108637
a   1.0058363      Node    69.15234     -0.19786324     -0.85908249
e   0.1974026      Incl.   15.90971     +0.18179938     -0.50537340
P   1.01           H   23.4           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - X27



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