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Orbital elements:
2012 BV1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0007 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   2.49768              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.71699520     Peri.  248.54311     -0.99583289     +0.09041096
a   1.2363038      Node   296.64246     -0.07794136     -0.91176875
e   0.3161027      Incl.    0.76582     -0.04734981     -0.40062902
P   1.37           H   31.0           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - B16

The 2 - 4 metre wide asteroid 2012 BV1 will make a close pass (0.8 lunar distances, 0.0021 AU), travelling at 8.65 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th January, 2012 @ 07:14 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).