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Orbital elements:
2012 EL1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0374 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  31.56017              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.63121781     Peri.  138.15264     -0.54402390     -0.80563536
a   1.3459117      Node   340.51610     +0.45174283     -0.04571055
e   0.2779173      Incl.   44.67274     +0.70708303     -0.59064559
P   1.56           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - E24

The 40 - 88 metre wide asteroid 2012 EL1 made a close pass (14.7 lunar distances, 0.0377 AU), travelling at 24.17 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).