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Orbital elements:
2010 BQ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1284 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   4.10191              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25950180     Peri.  148.82230     -0.12228471     -0.85103799
a   2.4343095      Node   303.03833     +0.73796207     +0.26609472
e   0.5642340      Incl.   37.52918     +0.66367043     -0.45268966
P   3.80           H   19.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2010 - B08

The 290 - 650 metre wide asteroid 2010 BQ made a close pass (70.4 lunar distances, 0.1809 AU), travelling at 21.29 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th 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).