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The 6 - 12 metre wide asteroid 2015 FT117 will make a close pass (2.8 LD, 0.0072 AU) travelling at 10.53 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th March 2015 @ 18:18 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 FT117                                               Earth MOID = 0.0047 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5                 MPC
M  24.67356              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.72590582     Peri.  259.30696     -0.10719598     +0.99421894
a   1.2261658      Node     4.55281     -0.87928346     -0.09191688
e   0.3423375      Incl.    4.43735     -0.46407931     -0.05549759
P   1.36           H   28.4           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2015 - F113



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