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The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2015 KN18 will make a close pass (35.1 LD, 0.0901 AU) travelling at 14.75 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd June 2015 @ 16:13 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:
2012 KN18                                                Earth MOID = 0.0310 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 337.02029              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22068509     Peri.  104.13279     +0.19926937     +0.97994322
a   2.7119856      Node   177.35960     -0.91295790     +0.18628953
e   0.6350142      Incl.    2.15402     -0.35608929     +0.07076364
P   4.47           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - K48

The 31 - 70 metre wide asteroid 2012 KN18 will make a close pass (16.6 lunar distances, 0.0426 AU), travelling at 10.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th June, 2012 @ 15:41 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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