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Orbital elements:
2012 BZ1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0344 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 359.63453              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.65922585     Peri.  107.87791     -0.51652899     +0.67433445
a   1.3075146      Node   118.89484     -0.81144114     -0.58227518
e   0.5929612      Incl.   37.06636     +0.27342472     -0.45412406
P   1.50           H   23.8           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - B19

The 46 - 100 metre wide asteroid 2012 BZ1 will make a close pass (16.4 lunar distances, 0.0420 AU), travelling at 26.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th January, 2012 @ 19:05 UT ±00:02.

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