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Orbital elements:
2012 CO36                                                Earth MOID = 0.0439 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 316.09762              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.84019231     Peri.  284.76247     -0.37036017     +0.91963694
a   1.1122871      Node   322.64655     -0.74760347     -0.37866498
e   0.3005407      Incl.   12.44693     -0.55129157     -0.10431075
P   1.17           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - D04

The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2012 CO36 will make a close pass (25.9 lunar distances, 0.0667 AU), travelling at 10.44 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th February, 2012 @ 13:11 UT ±00:15.

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