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Orbital elements:
2012 CP36                                                Earth MOID = 0.1401 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  13.43716              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31022995     Peri.  141.12486     -0.54119034     -0.83726168
a   2.1611267      Node   341.22890     +0.69810933     -0.39554522
e   0.5004228      Incl.   14.05370     +0.46878180     -0.37754053
P   3.18           H   21.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - D05

The 110 - 240 metre wide asteroid 2012 CP36 will make a close pass (69.9 lunar distances, 0.1795 AU), travelling at 11.45 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th February, 2012 @ 12:05 UT ±02:42.

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