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Orbital elements:
2011 WV74                                                Earth MOID = 0.0056 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 312.26541              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33640392     Peri.  258.83493     -0.82151338     -0.55840640
a   2.0475225      Node   247.12246     +0.55970785     -0.75114789
e   0.6643439      Incl.    7.19016     +0.10882509     -0.35207832
P   2.93           H   27.3           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - X02


The 9 - 21 metre wide asteroid 2011 WV74 will make a close pass (2.3 lunar distances, 0.0058 AU), travelling at 18.26 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd December, 2011 @ 11:34 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).