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Asteroid Could Fly 8,600 Km From Earth in 2026 - Astronomer

A celestial body 20 meters in diameter will pass dangerously close to Earths surface in 13 years, according to new data published on Thursday.
The flyby of 2013 GM3 on April 14, 2026, may bring it within 15,000 kilometres of Earths center, or 8,620 kilometres from the planets surface, said Italian astronomer Francesco Manca of the Sormano Astronomical Observatory near Milan.

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The 17 - 38 metre wide asteroid 2013 GM3 will make a close pass (18.0 lunar distances, 0.0462 AU), travelling at 5.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th April, 2013 @ 15:12 UT ±00:09. 

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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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Very close pass (or impact) on the 14th April, 2026 @ 16:40 UT ±06:07.

(great uncertainty with such a small arc)



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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.  Mag
2013 04 05 000000 10 54 33.5 +07 06 36   0.047   1.040  147.0  31.6  20.8
2013 04 05 170000 10 43 14.6 +08 15 05 0.046 1.038 143.3 35.2 20.9
2013 04 05 180000 10 42 34.4 +08 19 06 0.046 1.038 143.1 35.4 20.9
2013 04 05 190000 10 41 54.2 +08 23 06 0.046 1.038 142.9 35.6 20.9
2013 04 05 200000 10 41 13.9 +08 27 06 0.046 1.038 142.6 35.8 20.9
2013 04 05 210000 10 40 33.7 +08 31 05 0.046 1.038 142.4 36.0 20.9
2013 04 05 220000 10 39 53.4 +08 35 05 0.046 1.038 142.2 36.2 20.9
2013 04 05 230000 10 39 13.1 +08 39 04 0.046 1.037 142.0 36.5 20.9
2013 04 06 000000 10 38 32.8 +08 43 03 0.046 1.037 141.8 36.7 20.9
2013 04 06 010000 10 37 52.5 +08 47 02 0.046 1.037 141.5 36.9 20.9
2013 04 06 020000 10 37 12.2 +08 51 00 0.046 1.037 141.3 37.1 20.9
2013 04 06 030000 10 36 31.8 +08 54 59 0.046 1.037 141.1 37.3 20.9
2013 04 06 040000 10 35 51.5 +08 58 56 0.046 1.037 140.9 37.5 20.9
2013 04 06 050000 10 35 11.1 +09 02 54 0.046 1.037 140.7 37.7 20.9
2013 04 06 060000 10 34 30.7 +09 06 52 0.046 1.037 140.4 37.9 20.9
2013 04 06 070000 10 33 50.3 +09 10 49 0.046 1.037 140.2 38.2 20.9
2013 04 06 080000 10 33 09.8 +09 14 45 0.046 1.037 140.0 38.4 20.9
2013 04 06 090000 10 32 29.4 +09 18 42 0.046 1.036 139.8 38.6 20.9
2013 04 06 100000 10 31 48.9 +09 22 38 0.046 1.036 139.6 38.8 20.9
2013 04 06 110000 10 31 08.5 +09 26 34 0.046 1.036 139.3 39.0 21.0
2013 04 06 120000 10 30 28.0 +09 30 30 0.046 1.036 139.1 39.2 21.0
2013 04 06 130000 10 29 47.5 +09 34 25 0.046 1.036 138.9 39.4 21.0
2013 04 06 140000 10 29 07.0 +09 38 20 0.046 1.036 138.7 39.6 21.0
2013 04 06 150000 10 28 26.6 +09 42 14 0.046 1.036 138.5 39.8 21.0
2013 04 06 160000 10 27 46.1 +09 46 08 0.046 1.036 138.2 40.1 21.0
2013 04 06 170000 10 27 05.6 +09 50 02 0.046 1.036 138.0 40.3 21.0
2013 04 06 180000 10 26 25.0 +09 53 56 0.046 1.036 137.8 40.5 21.0
2013 04 06 190000 10 25 44.5 +09 57 49 0.046 1.035 137.6 40.7 21.0
2013 04 06 200000 10 25 04.0 +10 01 41 0.046 1.035 137.4 40.9 21.0
2013 04 06 210000 10 24 23.5 +10 05 34 0.046 1.035 137.1 41.1 21.0
2013 04 06 220000 10 23 43.0 +10 09 26 0.046 1.035 136.9 41.3 21.0
2013 04 07 000000 10 22 21.9 +10 17 08 0.046 1.035 136.5 41.8 21.0 2013 04 08 000000 10 06 11.2 +11 47 17 0.046 1.032 131.3 46.8 21.2 2013 04 09 000000 09 50 10.8 +13 12 10 0.047 1.030 126.1 51.8 21.3 2013 04 10 000000 09 34 30.2 +14 30 46 0.048 1.027 121.1 56.6 21.5 2013 04 11 000000 09 19 17.3 +15 42 29 0.049 1.025 116.3 61.3 21.7 2013 04 12 000000 09 04 38.6 +16 47 02 0.050 1.022 111.6 65.8 21.9 2013 04 13 000000 08 50 38.5 +17 44 29 0.051 1.019 107.2 70.1 22.0 2013 04 14 000000 08 37 20.1 +18 35 06 0.053 1.016 102.9 74.2 22.2 2013 04 15 000000 08 24 44.6 +19 19 22 0.054 1.013 98.9 78.1 22.4 2013 04 16 000000 08 12 52.0 +19 57 48 0.056 1.010 95.0 81.8 22.6 2013 04 17 000000 08 01 41.3 +20 31 01 0.058 1.007 91.3 85.4 22.8 2013 04 18 000000 07 51 10.9 +20 59 36 0.060 1.004 87.9 88.7 23.0 2013 04 19 000000 07 41 18.6 +21 24 06 0.062 1.000 84.6 91.9 23.2 2013 04 20 000000 07 32 01.9 +21 45 03 0.064 0.997 81.4 95.0 23.4


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Orbital elements:
2013 GM3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5                 MPC
M 237.68058              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.28909893     Peri.  321.51895     +0.98354026     +0.18068901
a   0.8361391      Node    28.07116     -0.16566595     +0.90223849
e   0.2876208      Incl.    0.02613     -0.07213430     +0.39155740
P   0.76           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2013 - G15

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