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Orbital elements:
2011 JP29                                                Earth MOID = 0.0785 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M   5.05322              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31186715     Peri.  162.35806     +0.60806560     +0.78891005
a   2.1535566      Node   144.94098     -0.74573534     +0.60594647
e   0.4965725      Incl.    8.88835     -0.27227746     +0.10222429
P   3.16           H   18.8           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2011 - K51

The 490 - 1100 metre wide asteroid 2011 JP29 will make a close pass (72.0 lunar distances, 0.1849 AU), travelling at 10.97 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th August, 2011 @ 23:50 UT ±01:53.

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