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Orbital elements:
2010 AE3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0415 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  15.54814              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37304015     Peri.  289.54619     +0.70072259     -0.69450853
a   1.9111686      Node   114.83756     +0.70324528     +0.63386289
e   0.5661029      Incl.   10.36237     +0.12014130     +0.34040526
P   2.64           H   23.6           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2010 - A43

The 52 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2010 AE3 made a close pass (16.5 lunar distances, 0.0423 AU), travelling at 14.04 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd January, 2010.

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