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The 19 - 43 metre wide asteroid 2013 DY made a close pass (27.5 lunar distances, 0.0706 AU), travelling at 6.21 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th February, 2013 @ 20:58 UT ±01:23. 

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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 DY                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0700 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5                 MPC
M  44.91374              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61521214     Peri.  162.95976     -0.70569867     -0.70305449
a   1.3691555      Node   331.73215     +0.62653143     -0.56139225
e   0.2316378      Incl.   10.68037     +0.33082890     -0.43652391
P   1.60           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2013 - D31

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