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Orbital elements:
2011 SE97                                                Earth MOID = 0.0082 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 339.18966              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25189040     Peri.  242.99180     +0.31021455     -0.95064464
a   2.4831044      Node   188.94324     +0.88627916     +0.29165465
e   0.6583009      Incl.    2.38061     +0.34391305     +0.10588828
P   3.91           H   24.6           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2011 - S79

The 32 - 71 metre wide asteroid 2011 SE97 will make a close pass (7.9 lunar distances, 0.0202 AU), travelling at 14.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th October, 2011 @ 05:20 UT ±1day 12:55.

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