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Orbital elements:
2012 DY                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0158 AU
Epoch 2012 Feb. 3.0 TT = JDT 2455960.5                  MPC
M 347.03682              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31109448     Peri.   31.09391     -0.99878716     +0.02259623
a   2.1571210      Node   150.10648     -0.03566603     -0.94454948
e   0.5492893      Incl.    5.03548     +0.03394326     -0.32759074
P   3.17           H   26.7           G   0.15
From 16 observations 2012 Feb. 19-19.

MPEC 2012 - D24

The 12 - 27 metre wide asteroid 2012 DY will make a close pass (9.2 lunar distances, 0.0237 AU), travelling at 9.36 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th February, 2012 @ 08:19 UT ±00:43.

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