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Orbital elements:
2010 AE40                                                Earth MOID = 0.0629 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   4.61154              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.38603774     Peri.  155.42688     -0.02653172     -0.94250660
a   1.8680258      Node   294.58698     +0.84584492     +0.15644129
e   0.4536716      Incl.   21.49064     +0.53276865     -0.29530904
P   2.55           H   23.8           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2010 - A67

The 46 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2010 AE40 made a close pass (26.0 lunar distances, 0.0667 AU), travelling at 13.31 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th 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).