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The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2015 EK will make a close pass (3.1 LD, 0.0081 AU) travelling at 8.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th March 2015 @ 03:59 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 EK                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0069 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5                 MPC
M  35.88162              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46905645     Peri.  221.45248     -0.87805224     +0.47817569
a   1.6405368      Node   347.07309     -0.41322672     -0.77789209
e   0.4300773      Incl.    4.94784     -0.24138754     -0.40771547
P   2.10           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   5

MPEC 2015 - E27



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