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Orbital elements:
2012 BL11                                                Earth MOID = 0.0765 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  51.71508              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.71579470     Peri.  164.81207     -0.25256901     -0.95346691
a   1.2376858      Node   299.57365     +0.86684046     -0.14737029
e   0.1467241      Incl.   10.91274     +0.42987964     -0.26302633
P   1.38           H   25.8           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - B28

The 22 - 49 metre wide asteroid 2012 BL11 made a close pass (36.3 lunar distances, 0.0934 AU), travelling at 5.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th January, 2012 @ 20:53 UT ±10:28.

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