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Orbital elements:
2012 BF27                                                Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  27.39043              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30907903     Peri.  308.17238     +0.35986012     -0.92512526
a   2.1664884      Node   120.32389     +0.89386339     +0.30467648
e   0.6124284      Incl.    8.05899     +0.26741154     +0.22652926
P   3.19           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - B58

The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2012 BF27 made a close pass (1.9 lunar distances, 0.0049 AU), travelling at 13.85 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th January, 2012 @ 21:56 UT ±00:07.

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