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Orbital elements:
2011 EC                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0010 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 330.43319              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53157390     Peri.   33.69959     -0.93156998     +0.36353919
a   1.5092469      Node   167.61613     -0.33761928     -0.86087861
e   0.3666490      Incl.    1.08994     -0.13487253     -0.35598776
P   1.85           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - E05

The 20 - 46  metre wide asteroid 2011 EC will make a close pass (9.2 lunar distances, 0.0236 AU), travelling at 7.61 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th March, 2011 @ 11:16 UT ±00:18.

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