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Asteroid 2014 DX110 is at magnitude 15.0 in the constellation Lynx at 16:40 UT, 5th March 2014. 

Distance to Earth: 0.003 AU 
Distance to Sun:0.993 AU



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Asteroid Passing Earth Will Be Closer Than Moon

An asteroid is headed this way. But even though it will come closer than the moon, astronomers say it will pose no danger.
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The 19 - 43 metre wide asteroid 2014 DX110 will make a close pass (0.9 lunar distances, 0.0023 AU), travelling at 14.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th March 2014 @ 21:07 UT ±00:25. 

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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:
2014 DX110                                               Earth MOID = 0.0016 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5                  MPC
M 310.94490              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30699280     Peri.   56.83325     -0.75659252     +0.65325168
a   2.1762925      Node   163.89190     -0.62918018     -0.71530170
e   0.6205417      Incl.    5.96018     -0.17804509     -0.24820499
P   3.21           H   25.7           G   0.15           U   5

MPEC 2014 - E22



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