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Subject JUST DISCOVERED Asteroid makes close pass by Moon and Earth on May 23

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Original Message Newly discovered 2012 KT12 is a small 15-35 meter Apollo class near-Earth asteroid which will fly 0.0037 AU or 1.4 LD to both Earth and Moon on May 23. JPL Orbit: [link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov]

Condition Code or orbit uncertainty estimate is a 8 on a scale of 0-9, with 0 being good, and 9 being highly uncertain.

Was first spotted May 19 but just added to NASA site today, and not yet posted on SpaceWeather list [link to spaceweather.com]

Next known NEO that comes closer than 5 LD is 2012 DA14 but not until Feb 2013 [link to neo.jpl.nasa.gov]

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