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Blobrana · L

RE: Asteroid 2012 XL16

Blobrana · L

The 21 - 47 metre wide asteroid 2012 XL16 will make a close pass (77.0 lunar distances, 0.1978 AU), travelling at 6.10 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd September 2014 @ 12:09 UT ±20:31.

The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Blobrana · L

The 21 - 47 metre wide asteroid 2012 XL16 will make a close pass (50.2 lunar distances, 0.1290 AU), travelling at 4.35 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st December 2013 @ 05:19 UT ±12:06.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Blobrana · L

The 21 - 47 metre wide asteroid 2012 XL16 will make a close pass (57.4 lunar distances, 0.1475 AU), travelling at 3.84 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th October 2013 @ 19:52 UT ±17:12.

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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 XL16                                                Earth MOID = 0.0185 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M  28.21005              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.00574128     Peri.   58.43874     +0.74854210     +0.66097113
a   0.9866093      Node   260.13039     -0.62512945     +0.67681911
e   0.1787490      Incl.    3.07987     -0.22112867     +0.32408804
P   0.98           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - X29