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RE: Asteroid 2015 CT13
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The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2015 CT13 made a close pass (1.8 LD, 0.0047 AU) travelling at 6.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th February 2015 @ 09:26 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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Orbital elements:
2015 CT13                                                Earth MOID = 0.0017 AU
Epoch 2014 Dec. 9.0 TT = JDT 2457000.5                  MPC
M 334.64038              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.62167760     Peri.  331.20797     -0.42134477     -0.90332209
a   1.3596462      Node   143.54503     +0.85585963     -0.42541507
e   0.2929485      Incl.    7.78479     +0.29995479     -0.05505647
P   1.59           H   25.8           G   0.15           U   5

MPEC 2015 - C85



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