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Asteroid 2013 KT1
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Orbital elements:
2013 KT1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0067 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5                 MPC
M 198.94449              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.11714391     Peri.  318.70889     +0.94673667     -0.29777442
a   0.9198774      Node    59.01262     +0.31999963     +0.82757231
e   0.1641504      Incl.    8.21913     +0.03591537     +0.47587232
P   0.88           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2013 - K22

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The 13 - 29 metre wide asteroid 2013 KT1 will make a close pass (3.2 lunar distances, 0.0082 AU), travelling at 5.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st May, 2013 @ 14:26 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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