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Orbital elements:
2012 AX                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0717 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  13.74413              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33430959     Peri.   42.24111     -0.68104577     -0.72166524
a   2.0560649      Node    91.09170     +0.63428438     -0.66603088
e   0.5057079      Incl.    7.12430     +0.36586879     -0.18868533
P   2.95           H   23.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - A20

The 55 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2012 AX will make a close pass (29.0 lunar distances, 0.0745 AU), travelling at 7.28 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th January, 2012 @ 05:31 UT ±00:14.

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