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The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2011 FS2 will make a close pass (75.0 lunar distances, 0.1926 AU), travelling at 7.23 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st October, 2011 @ 15:23 UT ±06:00.

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



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Orbital elements:
2011 FS2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0363 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 259.22772              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.87971056     Peri.   76.46413     -0.22781630     +0.97370283
a   1.0787219      Node   180.37845     -0.96027483     -0.22494432
e   0.1143045      Incl.   13.93401     -0.16115825     -0.03609496
P   1.12           H   26.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - F29

Object
Name 		Close
Approach
Date 		Miss
Distance
(AU) 		Miss
Distance
(LD) 		Estimated
Diameter 		H
(mag) 		Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2011 FS2) 2011-Mar-250.037314.516 m - 35 m26.27.99

 



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