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Orbital elements:
2011 LY2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1919 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 112.21660              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.54982366     Peri.   78.00235     -0.86606932     -0.45401801
a   1.4756627      Node    74.68835     +0.33087114     -0.83436185
e   0.2827516      Incl.   12.53088     +0.37476421     -0.31258272
P   1.79           H   21.1           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - L23

The 140 - 310 metre wide asteroid 2011 LY2 made a close pass (0.347 AU), travelling at 6.53 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th May, 2011 @ 08:03 UT ±2 days 13:44.

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