New Asteroid '2013 EC' Similar To Russian Meteor To Pass Earth At A Distance Less Than Moon's Orbit
A newly discovered asteroid similar to the one that exploded over Russia two weeks ago is set to pass Earth at an approximate distance of the moon's orbit Monday, March 4, at 2:35 a.m. ET (7:35 a.m. UTC). Read more
Orbital elements:
2013 EC Earth MOID = 0.0023 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 359.97217 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30808329 Peri. 261.31328 -0.44246825 +0.89625229
a 2.1711540 Node 342.32575 -0.77759886 -0.40058925
e 0.6982200 Incl. 5.83802 -0.44672348 -0.19042080
P 3.20 H 27.7 G 0.15 U 7
The 8 - 17 metre wide asteroid 2013 EC will make a close pass (1.0 lunar distances, 0.0026 AU), travelling at 20.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th March, 2013 @ 07:35 UT ±00:04.