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Orbital elements:
2012 BS1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0022 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   6.27326              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56968045     Peri.   56.72299     -0.99420512     -0.10623914
a   1.4411699      Node   117.17366     +0.09147250     -0.91626938
e   0.3838495      Incl.    1.05722     +0.05647095     -0.38621712
P   1.73           H   28.7           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - B13

The 5 - 11 metre wide asteroid 2012 BS1 will make a close pass (3.1 lunar distances, 0.0081 AU), travelling at 8.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd January, 2012 @ 21:10 UT ±01:10.

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