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RE: Asteroid 2011 YA

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Update:
The 500 - 1100 metre wide asteroid 2011 YA will make a close pass (27.6 lunar distances, 0.0709 AU), travelling at 23.11 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th January, 2012 @ 10:16 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).

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The 600 - 1300 metre wide asteroid 2011 YA will make a close pass (27.7 lunar distances, 0.0712 AU), travelling at 23.09 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th January, 2012 @ 12:10 UT ±07:06.

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

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Orbital elements:
2011 YA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0516 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   4.96451              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31936421     Peri.  228.01630     -0.88414079     +0.46612591
a   2.1197203      Node   339.70290     -0.39678931     -0.78522275
e   0.7578127      Incl.    5.28705     -0.24668464     -0.40761732
P   3.09           H   18.3           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - Y05