Orbital elements:
2014 EL Earth MOID = 0.0076 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 307.86034 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.09977517 Peri. 235.44214 +0.76512080 -0.64210234
a 0.9295372 Node 164.32539 +0.63344676 +0.73728622
e 0.3891728 Incl. 10.21287 +0.11547880 +0.21003239
P 0.90 H 27.0 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2014 EF Earth MOID = 0.0008 AU
Epoch 2013 Nov. 4.0 TT = JDT 2456600.5 MPC
M 251.41390 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.61943974 Peri. 265.52230 -0.33997278 +0.94017126
a 1.3629189 Node 344.54579 -0.82627406 -0.30993390
e 0.4893767 Incl. 4.79681 -0.44909876 -0.14148846
P 1.59 H 29.0 G 0....
Orbital elements:
P/2010 T2 (PANSTARRS)
T 2011 July 29.1785 TT MPC
q 3.729381 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.0745803 Peri. 359.4502 +0.5191705 -0.8460952
a 5.589678 Node 59.2677 +0.7846804 +0.4158694
e 0.332809 Incl. 8.0767 +0.3387311 +0.3334301
P 13.2
From 11 observations 2010 Oct. 6-16.
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