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Orbital elements:
2011 YX62                                                Earth MOID = 0.0488 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   8.23333              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24742704     Peri.  152.85163     -0.56998047     +0.80822454
a   2.5128773      Node    82.04503     -0.77837558     -0.47344886
e   0.9262218      Incl.    8.59265     -0.26316099     -0.35017033
P   3.98           H   23.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - A09

The 67 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2011 YX62 will make a close pass (23.7 lunar distances, 0.0609 AU), travelling at 34.77 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 3rd January, 2012 @ 21:49 UT ±00:01.

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