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Orbital elements:
2012 DQ8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.1107 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 193.62491              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.04817233     Peri.  359.87195     +0.95463508     +0.25893316
a   0.9598004      Node   342.78702     -0.27276250     +0.56223978
e   0.1482275      Incl.   29.79762     -0.11946747     +0.78539166
P   0.94           H   20.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - D43

The 180 - 400 metre wide asteroid 2012 DQ8 will make a close pass (44.3 lunar distances, 0.1140 AU), travelling at 14.99 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 4th March, 2012 @ 02:45 UT ±00:04.

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