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Orbital elements:
1996 AE2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1213 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  68.62025              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61628231     Peri.  305.87462     +0.27949026     -0.80006174
a   1.3675701      Node   118.98011     +0.95222622     +0.30184429
e   0.2568528      Incl.   37.35965     -0.12308706     +0.51845080
P   1.60           H   20.0           G   0.15           U   2

MPEC 2012 - A30

The 280 - 630 metre wide asteroid 1996 AE2 will make a close pass (56.5 lunar distances, 0.1452 AU), travelling at 19.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th January, 2012 @ 22:12 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).