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Orbital elements:
2011 YA29                                                Earth MOID = 0.0679 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  14.62371              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.69843112     Peri.  237.81178     -0.85843290     -0.33557328
a   1.2581150      Node   279.97932     +0.49026771     -0.75910684
e   0.2341245      Incl.   23.19622     -0.15076648     -0.55780587
P   1.41           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - Y61

The 27 - 61 metre wide asteroid 2011 YA29 will make a close pass (26.9 lunar distances, 0.0692 AU), travelling at 13.56 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th January, 2012 @ 07:34 UT ±00:22.

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