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Small Asteroid 2013 TX68 to Pass Close to Earth March 5

A small asteroid that two years ago flew past Earth at a comfortable distance of about 2 million kilometers will safely fly by our planet again in a few weeks, though this time it may be much closer.
During the upcoming March 5 flyby, asteroid 2013 TX68 could fly past Earth as far out as 14 million kilometers or as close as 17,000 kilometers.
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The 23 - 52 metre wide asteroid 2013 TX68 will make a close pass (5.4 lunar distances, 0.0139 AU), travelling at 14.06 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th October 2013 @ 08:11 UT ±00:01. 

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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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