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RE: Asteroid 2011 SM68

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Orbital elements:
2011 SM68                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0002 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 174.50748              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.59766599     Peri.  109.03551     -0.66332946     -0.73605236
a   1.3958230      Node    24.19580     +0.50049199     -0.57046837
e   0.6641560      Incl.   19.22916     +0.55632886     -0.36440742
P   1.65           H   19.6           G   0.15           U   3

MPEC 2012 - O35

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Orbital elements:
2011 SM68                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 295.58741              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.59624857     Peri.  109.03939     -0.66376639     -0.73558562
a   1.3980343      Node    24.23386     +0.49973709     -0.57084310
e   0.6648977      Incl.   19.25818     +0.55648632     -0.36476287
P   1.65           H   19.6           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - S69

The 310 - 700 metre wide asteroid 2011 SM68 will make a close pass (36.4 lunar distances, 0.0936 AU), travelling at 20.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd October, 2011 @ 04:32 UT ±10:19.

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