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Orbital elements:
2011 YU62                                                Earth MOID = 0.1583 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 358.16069              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20780181     Peri.  352.82677     -0.98405970     +0.14712952
a   2.8229499      Node   196.66745     -0.14090913     -0.98777037
e   0.7029169      Incl.   20.38314     -0.10849484     -0.05160031
P   4.74           H   17.5           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - A06

The 850 - 1900 metre wide asteroid 2011 YU62 will make a close pass (73.8 lunar distances, 0.1896 AU), travelling at 17.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th March, 2012 @ 11:30 UT ±10:52.

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