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Orbital elements:
2011 YB29                                                Earth MOID = 0.0787 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  13.87092              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23137249     Peri.   32.44658     -0.45418147     -0.88872391
a   2.6278157      Node    84.63318     +0.80344410     -0.43883372
e   0.5986024      Incl.    3.59115     +0.38496333     -0.13264528
P   4.26           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - Y62

The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2011 YB29 will make a close pass (37.7 lunar distances, 0.0969 AU), travelling at 7.81 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th January, 2012 @ 09:51 UT ±14:28.

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