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The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2011 TO will make a close pass (33.6 lunar distances, 0.0864 AU), travelling at 6.28 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st January, 2013 @ 08:12 UT ±01:47. 

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



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Orbital elements:
2011 TO                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 138.50643              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.10641402     Peri.   57.15657     -0.45766616     +0.88911598
a   0.9258151      Node   185.61082     -0.82820532     -0.42786125
e   0.2799855      Incl.    2.22955     -0.32344650     -0.16250393
P   0.89           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   4

MPEC 2013 - B09

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Orbital elements:
2011 TO                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0005 AU
Epoch 2011 Sept. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455820.5                MPC
M  78.14190              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.10686501     Peri.   57.17826     -0.45612112     +0.88990949
a   0.9255636      Node   185.68864     -0.82884137     -0.42637791
e   0.2783258      Incl.    2.21167     -0.32399925     -0.16205858
P   0.89           H   26.1           G   0.15
From 20 observations 2011 Oct. 1-2.

MPEC 2011 - T15



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