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Orbital elements:
2010 AN61                                                Earth MOID = 0.0201 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 344.63536              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.78745547     Peri.    6.48977     -0.55379680     -0.83072065
a   1.1614095      Node   117.15217     +0.76105083     -0.53261596
e   0.1358683      Incl.    3.65203     +0.33780280     -0.16193656
P   1.25           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2010 - B04

The 10 - 23 metre wide asteroid 2010 AN61 will make a close pass (8.0 lunar distances, 0.0206 AU), travelling at 2.50 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th January, 2010.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).