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Orbital elements:
2012 EJ1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0186 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 350.40621              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39757131     Peri.   45.97152     -0.90812912     +0.41648168
a   1.8317211      Node   158.53044     -0.40982073     -0.86320097
e   0.4914857      Incl.    6.73869     -0.08572321     -0.28535434
P   2.48           H   25.2           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - E22

The 25 - 55 metre wide asteroid 2012 EJ1 will make a close pass (11.4 lunar distances, 0.0294 AU), travelling at 9.71 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th March, 2012 @ 17:16 UT ±00:33.

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