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Orbital elements:
2010 JL77                                                Earth MOID = 0.0780 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M  18.95683              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33312755     Peri.   28.65881     -0.38092517     +0.92321946
a   2.0609257      Node   219.01075     -0.86291080     -0.37463590
e   0.4752666      Incl.    4.61206     -0.33208576     -0.08552059
P   2.96           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2010 - J79


The 40 - 90 metre wide asteroid 2010 JL77 will make a close pass (32.0 lunar distances, 0.0822 AU), travelling at 6.34 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th May, 2010.

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