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The 92 - 210 metre wide asteroid 2018 ER4 will make a close pass (25.5 lunar distances, 0.06559 AU), travelling at 7.75 km/second, to the Earth on the 28th May 2018 @ 21:28 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 14 - 32 metre wide asteroid 2018 KR will make a close pass (15.6 lunar distances, 0.04030 AU), travelling at 4.03 km/second, to the Earth on the 28th May 2018 @ 19:01 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
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The 53 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2018 KO2 will make a close pass (38.5 lunar distances, 0.09896 AU), travelling at 20.11 km/second, to the Earth on the 28th May 2018 @ 06:41 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 220 - 490 metre wide asteroid 2018 JA will make a close pass (20.1 lunar distances, 0.05172 AU), travelling at 15.89 km/second, to the Earth on the 28th May 2018 @ 03:15 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
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The 130 - 280 metre wide asteroid 2018 JK3 will make a close pass (19.5 lunar distances, 0.05031 AU), travelling at 21.77 km/second, to the Earth on the 27th May 2018 @ 18:53 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 710 - 1600 metre wide asteroid 2003 QC10 will make a close pass (50.0 lunar distances, 0.1284 AU), travelling at 27.87 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th September, 2011 @ 23:54 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...
The 120 - 270 metre wide asteroid 2002 UK11 will make a close pass (71.7 lunar distances, 0.18436 AU), travelling at 12.52 km/second, to the Earth on the 27th May 2018 @ 13:53 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 58 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2018 JJ1 will make a close pass (40.5 lunar distances, 0.10424 AU), travelling at 11.92 km/second, to the Earth on the 27th May 2018 @ 09:48 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 29 - 65 metre wide asteroid 2017 LF will make a close pass (33.0 lunar distances, 0.08479 AU), travelling at 9.08 km/second, to the Earth on the 26th May 2018 @ 04:45 UT ±00:37. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 46 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2018 JG2 will make a close pass (18.3 lunar distances, 0.04723 AU), travelling at 6.91 km/second, to the Earth on the 25th May 2018 @ 22:30 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Orbital elements:
2011 KB Earth MOID = 0.0062 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 245.63442 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.26946361 Peri. 216.61101 -0.00501290 -0.99768929
a 0.8447390 Node 233.77362 +0.93624415 +0.01912186
e 0.3643779 Incl. 4.81815 +0.35131434 -0.06519533
P 0.78 H 25.0 G 0...
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