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2012 YQ1 is an Apollo asteroid discovered on 19 December 2012 by astronomers Andrey Oreshko and Timur Kryachko using an Elena Telescope located in the Chilean Atacama desert. With a 4 day observation arc the asteroid had a 1 in 3 million chance of impacting in 2106. With a 10 day observation arc the asteroid had a 1 in 10 million chance of impacting in 2106. On 5 January 2013 the asteroid passed 0.10 AU (15000000 km; 9300000 mi) from Earth.
