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Orbital elements:
2010 AN60                                                Earth MOID = 0.0081 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   9.56359              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35078364     Peri.  123.15871     +0.48533706     -0.87155429
a   1.9911768      Node   297.65647     +0.77374903     +0.46520059
e   0.5718146      Incl.    4.50538     +0.40713681     +0.15485971
P   2.81           H   26.8           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2010 - A83


The 11 - 26 metre wide asteroid 2010 AN60 will make a close pass (3.9 lunar distances, 0.0099 AU), travelling at 12.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th 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).