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The 39 - 87 metre wide asteroid 2013 GT79 will make a close pass (12.8 lunar distances, 0.0330 AU), travelling at 15.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st April, 2013 @ 04:45 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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Orbital elements:
2013 GT79                                                Earth MOID = 0.0050 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5                 MPC
M 347.16587              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30105586     Peri.   44.40309     -0.01752782     +0.99966128
a   2.2048108      Node   224.60316     -0.92479787     -0.02352300
e   0.6179222      Incl.    1.56995     -0.38005484     +0.01113559
P   3.27           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2013 - G78

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