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Orbital elements:
2011 VB                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0536 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5                 MPC
M 343.01911              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21287048     Peri.  108.54339     +0.59870457     -0.80075472
a   2.7779585      Node   304.66522     +0.72610020     +0.55238087
e   0.6259978      Incl.    1.29347     +0.33812917     +0.23166193
P   4.63           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - V12


The 27 - 61 metre wide asteroid 2011 VB will make a close pass (21.7 lunar distances, 0.0557 AU), travelling at 7.21 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th November, 2011 @ 05:22 UT ±00:45     .

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