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Orbital elements:
2012 ER3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0525 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 335.77723              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53023555     Peri.   67.82876     -0.60036741     +0.79764927
a   1.5117854      Node   164.84792     -0.79060214     -0.58113677
e   0.4110545      Incl.   12.72446     -0.12044593     -0.16135582
P   1.86           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - E35

The 34 - 76 metre wide asteroid 2012 ER3 will make a close pass (22.4 lunar distances, 0.0576 AU), travelling at 12.6 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th March, 2012 @ 15:38 UT ±00:13.

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