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Orbital elements:
2011 FQ17                                                Earth MOID = 0.0267 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 349.53337              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37374609     Peri.  155.14529     -0.95695636     -0.28743003
a   1.9087612      Node     8.45488     +0.19873636     -0.74997017
e   0.4778414      Incl.   15.87984     +0.21151451     -0.59575895
P   2.64           H   24.0           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2011 - F47

The 43 - 96 metre wide asteroid 2011 FQ17 made a close pass (10.7 lunar distances, 0.0274 AU), travelling at 11.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th March, 2011 @ 20:37 UT ±00:01.

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