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Orbital elements:
2012 BZ13                                                Earth MOID = 0.0238 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  55.09723              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.72981352     Peri.  157.18400     -0.12117280     -0.96091498
a   1.2217850      Node   298.96718     +0.86119412     +0.02293264
e   0.1852245      Incl.   16.52954     +0.49362114     -0.27589217
P   1.35           H   26.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - B36

The 17 - 38 metre wide asteroid 2012 BZ13 made a close pass (9.1 lunar distances, 0.0234 AU), travelling at 9.33 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th January, 2012 @ 22:55 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).