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RE: Asteroid 2017 MC3
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The 33 - 73 metre wide asteroid 2017 MC3 in the constellation Coma Berenices will make a close pass (6.50 LD, 0.01671 AU), travelling at 13.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd July 2017 @ 23:32 UT ±00:01. 

Magnitude: 19.2 V

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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:
2017 MC3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0093 AU
Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5                 MPC
M   6.72237              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51693453     Peri.  246.82745     +0.98996805     +0.11826129
a   1.5376082      Node   106.30995     -0.08094020     +0.92318847
e   0.4957137      Incl.    4.62055     -0.11580998     +0.36570113
P   1.91           H   24.2           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2017-M63



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