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RE: Asteroid 2011 KW15

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Orbital elements:
2011 KW15                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0442 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 159.77130              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.77910107     Peri.   97.44907     +0.85323197     -0.34590285
a   1.1696974      Node   283.43644     +0.15103479     +0.88021674
e   0.4937787      Incl.   23.65948     +0.49918303     +0.32491493
P   1.27           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   3

MPEC 2012 - K59

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The 330 - 740 metre wide asteroid 2011 KW15 will make a close pass (41.9 lunar distances, 0.1076 AU), travelling at 21.61 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th June, 2011 @ 14:06 UT ±08:05.

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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 KW15                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0442 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M   3.76319              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.78090710     Peri.   97.26007     +0.85464041     -0.34538224
a   1.1678932      Node   283.56861     +0.15114868     +0.87982749
e   0.4908202      Incl.   23.50429     +0.49673318     +0.32651907
P   1.26           H   19.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - K47