The 220 - 480 metre wide asteroid 2003 EO16 will make a close pass (71.5 lunar distances, 0.1837 AU), travelling at 11.40 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th April, 2013 @ 23:59 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0...
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Orbital elements:
2013 HQ Earth MOID = 0.1150 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 34.22773 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.60690476 Peri. 54.11727 +0.06092801 -0.94463596
a 1.3816213 Node 36.76731 +0.65000650 -0.20758236
e 0.6748679 Incl. 32.59132 +0.75748223 +0.25411113
P 1.62 H 22.2 G 0.1...
