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Orbital elements:
2011 KE                                             PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0417 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M  16.20247              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.29732667     Peri.  188.56804     +0.83380962     -0.55036017
a   2.2232082      Node   204.97410     +0.51236687     +0.80062355
e   0.9549084      Incl.    5.87110     +0.20552789     +0.23686624
P   3.31           H   19.7           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - K16

The 310 - 700 metre wide asteroid 2011 KE will make a close pass (29.9 lunar distances, 0.0768 AU), travelling at 37.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th May, 2011 @ 02:18 UT ±00:30.

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