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Orbital elements:
2012 AB11                                                Earth MOID = 0.0977 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  22.28063              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49130960     Peri.   20.29528     -0.59342185     -0.67261591
a   1.5906180      Node   108.86129     +0.65889716     -0.72140593
e   0.3300134      Incl.   27.85070     +0.46228242     +0.16480693
P   2.01           H   22.1           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - A61

The 110 - 240 metre wide asteroid 2012 AB11 made a close pass (38.4 lunar distances, 0.0986 AU), travelling at 15.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th January, 2012 @ 06:13 UT ±00:07.

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