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Orbital elements:
2012 EK1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0372 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  32.07733              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63723334     Peri.  137.83007     -0.53895432     -0.80928369
a   1.3374279      Node   340.51822     +0.45407130     -0.04550854
e   0.2735602      Incl.   44.47178     +0.70946987     -0.58565253
P   1.55           H   24.4           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - E23

The 34 - 77 metre wide asteroid 2012 EK1 made a close pass (14.6 lunar distances, 0.0376 AU), travelling at 24.14 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th February, 2012 @ 16:22 UT ±00:01.

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