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Orbital elements:
2011 TP                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0173 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 329.47329              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43234713     Peri.   43.23231     +0.63274448     -0.77404610
a   1.7321320      Node     7.60861     +0.65728364     +0.52179241
e   0.4562195      Incl.    9.59490     +0.40940523     +0.35858795
P   2.28           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - T16

The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2011 TP will make a close pass (7.4 lunar distances, 0.0189 AU), travelling at 9.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th October, 2011 @ 21:13 UT ±00:11.

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