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Orbital elements:
2011 QE38                                                Earth MOID = 0.0429 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 345.55573              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26288578     Peri.   63.11098     +0.85163800     -0.52391769
a   2.4133741      Node   328.47795     +0.47017949     +0.77625473
e   0.5731645      Incl.    1.63663     +0.23161167     +0.35062637
P   3.75           H   22.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - Q53

The 100 - 230 metre wide asteroid 2011 QE38 will make a close pass (24.0 lunar distances, 0.0616 AU), travelling at 7.91 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th October, 2011 @ 17:08 UT ±17:02.

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