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Orbital elements:
2011 SK68                                                Earth MOID = 0.0132 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M   6.74343              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61951579     Peri.  134.56337     +0.71503915     +0.69907963
a   1.3628073      Node   181.09331     -0.67364923     +0.68803042
e   0.2989317      Incl.    7.78620     -0.18685751     +0.19468388
P   1.59           H   27.6           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2011 - S68

The 8 - 17 metre wide asteroid 2011 SK68 made a close pass (5.8 lunar distances, 0.0149 AU), travelling at 7.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st September, 2011 @ 00:58 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).