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Orbital elements:
2012 BY1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0027 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   1.71024              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40058376     Peri.  230.76874     -0.95291659     +0.30320782
a   1.8225264      Node   326.88111     -0.27598192     -0.87249910
e   0.6052294      Incl.    0.40593     -0.12563417     -0.38315837
P   2.46           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - B19

The 17 - 39 metre wide asteroid 2012 BY1 will make a close pass (2.1 lunar distances, 0.0053 AU), travelling at 17.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th January, 2012 @ 12:36 UT ±17:45.

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