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Orbital elements:
2012 BP1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1752 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  32.59135              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.59306808     Peri.    0.16060     -0.44664538     -0.80292135
a   1.4030280      Node   116.38451     +0.82038927     -0.54358595
e   0.1742789      Incl.   26.14527     +0.35702850     +0.24460503
P   1.66           H   24.2           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - B11

The 37 - 84 metre wide asteroid 2012 BP1 made a close pass (68.7 lunar distances, 0.1766 AU), travelling at 13.64 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th January, 2012 @ 06:05 UT ±11:15.

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