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The 10 - 22 metre wide asteroid 2013 KB will make a close pass (3.2 lunar distances, 0.0081 AU), travelling at 6.75 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd May, 2013 @ 06:05 UT ±00:15. 

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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 KB                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0083 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5                 MPC
M 345.35581              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37320998     Peri.  191.79634     -0.39218538     +0.91888386
a   1.9105888      Node    55.12742     -0.83966677     -0.33853351
e   0.4679128      Incl.    2.99953     -0.37569980     -0.20260186
P   2.64           H   27.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2013 - K10

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