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The 64 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2011 QX8 will make a close pass (45.0 lunar distances, 0.1155 AU), travelling at 6.78 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th August, 2011 @ 02:14 UT ±02:53.

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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 QX8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1149 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 358.85265              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42571704     Peri.  183.65662     +0.90449495     +0.41620322
a   1.7500698      Node   151.17656     -0.38623074     +0.89193710
e   0.3569859      Incl.   11.13175     -0.18087205     +0.17670054
P   2.32           H   23.2           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - Q17



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