Gill has had a baby girl! Weighing the baby at the clinic was not as much of a problem as when Gill was small, but the only available scales measured in imperial units. Baby weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces. Given that there are 16 ounces in a pound and 1 ounce is equivalent to approximately 28.35 grams, what was the approximate weight, in kilograms, of Gill's baby?
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