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Orbital elements:
2011 GD2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0411 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 325.61845              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37096322     Peri.  234.04727     -0.54880576     +0.83594373
a   1.9182954      Node     2.67375     -0.74309257     -0.48608090
e   0.4788485      Incl.    3.94796     -0.38291731     -0.25480079
P   2.66           H   25.3           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - G18

The 23 - 52 metre wide asteroid 2011 GD2 will make a close pass (20.8 lunar distances, 0.0535 AU), travelling at 8.74 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th April, 2011 @ 16:52 UT ±2 days 12:49.

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