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Orbital elements:
2011 QF48                                                Earth MOID = 0.0068 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M  13.62025              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31765829     Peri.  112.36386     -0.02505538     +0.98735222
a   2.1273025      Node   154.62956     -0.99761975     -0.01463168
e   0.6353896      Incl.   21.43036     -0.06424227     -0.15786549
P   3.10           H   25.4           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - R05

The 22 - 49 metre wide asteroid 2011 QF48 made a close pass (3.4 lunar distances, 0.0087 AU), travelling at 20.09 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th August, 2011 @ 23:15 UT ±00:01.

Return on the 6th September, 2126.

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