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Orbital elements:
2011 WS46                                                Earth MOID = 0.0229 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 246.30557              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.73892423     Peri.  279.23386     -0.89299725     -0.31471961
a   1.2117214      Node   243.00352     +0.39393214     -0.89228279
e   0.4645812      Incl.   21.16592     -0.21765425     -0.32370200
P   1.33           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - W75


The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2011 WS46 will make a close pass (14.7 lunar distances, 0.0377 AU), travelling at 16.97 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th November, 2011 @ 16:46 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).