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Orbital elements:
2012 BG11                                                Earth MOID = 0.0287 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   9.95235              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35955861     Peri.  221.17572     -0.86763908     -0.48031912
a   1.9586474      Node   289.68439     +0.48438705     -0.75834399
e   0.5144675      Incl.    7.84005     +0.11212325     -0.44069029
P   2.74           H   22.3           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - B25

The 96 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2012 BG11 will make a close pass (13.2 lunar distances, 0.0339 AU), travelling at 9.30 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd January, 2012 @ 15:46 UT ±00:46.

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