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Orbital elements:
2012 DW60                                                Earth MOID = 0.0013 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 318.22327              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.83570558     Peri.  237.60983     -0.62522748     +0.78038614
a   1.1162647      Node   353.66649     -0.68443036     -0.55404850
e   0.1722163      Incl.    4.87974     -0.37502757     -0.28987537
P   1.18           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - E05

The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2012 DW60 will make a close pass (2.5 lunar distances, 0.0064 AU), travelling at 5.66 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th March, 2012 @ 13:38 UT ±04:37.

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