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The 72 - 160 metre wide asteroid 2013 BU15 made a close pass (12.3 lunar distances, 0.0315 AU), travelling at 17.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th February, 2013 @ 02:15 UT ±11:43. 

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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:
2013 BU15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 306.12720              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31586209     Peri.  246.57040     -0.89663136     +0.44208190
a   2.1353597      Node   319.65430     -0.39096706     -0.81677675
e   0.6507735      Incl.    2.19674     -0.20783880     -0.37072811
P   3.12           H   22.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2013 - B27

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