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Orbital elements:
2011 QE14                                                Earth MOID = 0.1179 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 359.04429              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28467118     Peri.  189.40169     +0.96484129     +0.25626290
a   2.2886201      Node   155.50798     -0.23106503     +0.93291275
e   0.5084560      Incl.    8.09827     -0.12526071     +0.25298840
P   3.46           H   20.6           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2011 - Q28

The 200 - 450 metre wide asteroid 2011 QE14 made a close pass (74.0 lunar distances, 0.1902 AU), travelling at 8.75 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd August, 2011 @ 03:05 UT ±10:06.

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