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Orbital elements:
2011 OB26                                                Earth MOID = 0.0011 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 348.95706              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46350191     Peri.  234.92292     +0.97149667     -0.23618187
a   1.6536174      Node   138.72778     +0.22628161     +0.89841477
e   0.4768267      Incl.    1.76409     +0.07064603     +0.37022833
P   2.13           H   25.7           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2011 - P10

The 20 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2011 OB26 will make a close pass (10.7 lunar distances, 0.0276 AU), travelling at 11.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th August, 2011 @ 18:04 UT ±00:01.

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