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Orbital elements:
2011 GC62                                                Earth MOID = 0.0227 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 193.77334              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.03113371     Peri.  118.65330     +0.76078456     +0.63694165
a   0.9703447      Node   202.52049     -0.64831340     +0.75470296
e   0.1916691      Incl.   18.97641     +0.02994313     +0.15725390
P   0.96           H   23.4           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - G76

The 57 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2011 GC62 will make a close pass (17.8 lunar distances, 0.0458 AU), travelling at 10.68 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th April, 2011 @ 03:47 UT ±00:13.

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