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The 29 - 65 metre wide asteroid 2013 LD2 will make a close pass (6.0 lunar distances, 0.0155 AU), travelling at 6.43 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th June, 2013 @ 09:36 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 LD2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0157 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5                 MPC
M 340.32213              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36092027     Peri.  199.18904     -0.16105824     +0.98658784
a   1.9537180      Node    61.55028     -0.90151107     -0.13611662
e   0.4740767      Incl.    1.73013     -0.40166906     -0.09009273
P   2.73           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2013 - L25

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