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The 88 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2011 OJ5 will make a close pass (61.5 lunar distances, 0.1580 AU), travelling at 7.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th August, 2011 @ 06:56 UT ±02:12.

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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 OJ5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1579 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 348.35180              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48802196     Peri.  226.47903     +0.98049831     +0.06806646
a   1.5977536      Node   128.74344     -0.02003337     +0.96783708
e   0.3009484      Incl.   13.67282     -0.19550380     +0.24219483
P   2.02           H   22.5           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - O43



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