A sequence of radar images of asteroid 2013 ET was obtained on March 10, 2013, by NASA scientists using the 70-meter Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., when the asteroid was about 1.1 million kilometres from Earth, which is 2.9 lunar distances. Read more
Orbital elements:
2013 ET Earth MOID = 0.0042 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 346.44314 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.74389920 Peri. 81.86024 -0.28829794 +0.95745627
a 1.2063129 Node 171.35175 -0.90846931 -0.26930146
e 0.3847511 Incl. 4.85238 -0.30260174 -0.10370250
P 1.32 H 23.1 G 0.15 U 7
The 64 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2013 ET will make a close pass (2.5 lunar distances, 0.0065 AU), travelling at 11.88 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th March, 2013 @ 12:07 UT ±00:10.