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Orbital elements:
2011 VU5                                            PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0136 AU
Epoch 2011 Oct. 26.0 TT = JDT 2455860.5                 MPC
M 351.68945              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.32137002     Peri.   25.10462     +0.39585727     -0.84953014
a   2.1108910      Node    44.03670     +0.73493223     +0.06539983
e   0.5394888      Incl.   30.10914     +0.55061025     +0.52347054
P   3.07           H   20.3           G   0.15
From 19 observations 2011 Nov. 3-5.

MPEC 2011 - V26


The 230 - 520 metre wide asteroid 2011 VU5 made a close pass (42.8 lunar distances, 0.1100 AU), travelling at 20.13 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st October, 2011 @ 17:04 UT ±00:05.

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