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Orbital elements:
2012 CR46                                                Earth MOID = 0.0291 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  11.97554              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63525008     Peri.  196.67673     -0.91010758     -0.41324363
a   1.3402101      Node   318.87169     +0.38528563     -0.81677564
e   0.2422336      Incl.    2.66299     +0.15250957     -0.40262546
P   1.55           H   27.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - D18

The 12 - 27 metre wide asteroid 2012 CR46 made a close pass (11.8 lunar distances, 0.0304 AU), travelling at 3.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th February, 2012 @ 22:11 UT ±01:29.

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