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Orbital elements:
2011 KK15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0069 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M  30.44526              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25818480     Peri.  342.93087     -0.83173064     +0.55492145
a   2.4425808      Node   230.78660     -0.50678323     -0.77132007
e   0.6138485      Incl.    1.25141     -0.22670444     -0.31165290
P   3.82           H   22.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - K42

The 99 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2011 KK15 made a close pass (12.3 lunar distances, 0.0317 AU), travelling at 9.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd May, 2011 @ 03:34 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).