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Orbital elements:
2012 DJ31                                                Earth MOID = 0.0071 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 348.12193              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35903363     Peri.  320.80745     -0.65914491     +0.75184130
a   1.9605562      Node   267.95153     -0.68582067     -0.60982598
e   0.5916331      Incl.    0.92920     -0.30850931     -0.25069293
P   2.75           H   24.7           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - D71

The 37 - 83 metre wide asteroid 2012 DJ31 will make a close pass (13.4 lunar distances, 0.0343 AU), travelling at 15.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 5th March, 2012 @ 05:18 UT ±00:06.

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