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Orbital elements:
2011 FQ16                                                Earth MOID = 0.0127 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 351.49626              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32018274     Peri.  334.41737     -0.94545273     -0.32574688
a   2.1161061      Node   186.57374     +0.30298540     -0.87611370
e   0.5273772      Incl.    1.42428     +0.11966191     -0.35540646
P   3.08           H   27.6           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - F46

The 8 - 18 metre wide asteroid 2011 FQ16 made a close pass (12.1 lunar distances, 0.0311 AU), travelling at 7.64 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd March, 2011 @ 09:27 UT ±01:02.

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