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The 18 - 41 metre wide asteroid 2015 EX made a close pass (1.4 LD, 0.0037 AU) travelling at 10.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th March 2015 @ 16:17 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:
2015 EX                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0038 AU
Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5                 MPC
M  65.64048              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.44779219     Peri.  130.49112     -0.49488445     -0.86862674
a   1.6920702      Node   349.09427     +0.75391045     -0.41545337
e   0.4750466      Incl.    7.29393     +0.43209769     -0.26997421
P   2.20           H   25.8           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2015 - E49



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