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RE: Asteroid 2011 LT17

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Orbital elements:
2011 LT17                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0034 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 174.71131              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.85492416     Peri.  270.55424     +0.92926613     +0.10416278
a   1.0994724      Node    83.50325     +0.05372683     +0.91111317
e   0.2873326      Incl.   20.89842     -0.36548309     +0.39877676
P   1.15           H   21.7           G   0.15           U   3

MPEC 2012 - H92

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Orbital elements:
2011 LT17                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0035 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M   3.68811              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.85527929     Peri.  270.58252     +0.92944893     +0.10365619
a   1.0991680      Node    83.50594     +0.05406997     +0.91109249
e   0.2870637      Incl.   20.87787     -0.36496729     +0.39895597
P   1.15           H   21.5           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - L39

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The 130 - 300 metre wide asteroid 2011 LT17 will make a close pass (4.6 lunar distances, 0.0119 AU), travelling at 13.56 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th June, 2011 @ 06:31 UT ±00:02.

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