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Orbital elements:
2011 TJ5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0381 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 307.36723              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.55478943     Peri.   70.15549     +0.17839948     -0.98348005
a   1.4668440      Node     9.72175     +0.82109764     +0.13162384
e   0.4058898      Incl.   10.46430     +0.54219212     +0.12426647
P   1.78           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - T29

The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2011 TJ5 will make a close pass (15.7 lunar distances, 0.0403 AU), travelling at 10.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th October, 2011 @ 16:38 UT ±00:03.

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