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Orbital elements:
2011 EP51                                                Earth MOID = 0.0246 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 174.45359              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.30272323     Peri.  169.53529     +0.86464718     +0.50200026
a   0.8302992      Node   160.29544     -0.46500584     +0.81442432
e   0.3019287      Incl.    3.31878     -0.19014423     +0.29104770
P   0.76           H   24.7           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - E79

The ~40 metre wide asteroid 2011 EP51 will make a close pass (9.6 lunar distances, 0.0542 AU), travelling at 6.61 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th March, 2011 @ 06:59 UT ±01:39.

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