2013 EC is a near-Earth asteroid that passed Earth just inside the orbit of the Moon, with its closest approach on 4 March 2013 at 07:35 UTC.Universe Today: Newly Found Asteroid to Pass Within Moon’s Orbit on March 4, 2013 2013 EC was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, United States, on March 2, 2013. Asteroid 2013 EC is estimated to be equal in size to the Chelyabinsk meteor that impacted on 15 February 2013. Its measurement is about wide.
2013 EC was one of four asteroids that passed in the vicinity of Earth during one week in early March 2013. The other asteroids in this group besides 2013 EC, included 2013 ET (2.5 lunar distances), , and .
See also List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2013 Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking List of asteroid close approaches to Earth 367943 Duende 99942 Apophis 2013 ET
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