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The 110 - 240 metre wide asteroid 2011 GC will make a close pass (57.8 lunar distances, 0.1484 AU), travelling at 4.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th May, 2011 @ 04:39 UT ±2 days 22:04.

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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 GC                                                  Earth MOID = 0.1442 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 336.63371              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28347133     Peri.  337.44467     -0.73975842     +0.67173960
a   2.2950736      Node   244.81697     -0.61058122     -0.69451977
e   0.4981943      Incl.    2.47193     -0.28275086     -0.25769788
P   3.48           H   21.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - G14



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