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Orbital elements:
2011 LD1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.3291 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M  77.36733              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.45506280     Peri.   31.42407     -0.30196645     -0.71819530
a   1.6739989      Node    83.29447     +0.68997346     -0.61842980
e   0.7748803      Incl.   39.14052     +0.65783956     +0.31896723
P   2.17           H   18.7           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - L19

The 470 - 1100 metre wide asteroid 2011 LD1 made a close pass (0.457 AU), travelling at 3.09 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th May, 2011 @ 09:15 UT ±02:02.

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