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Orbital elements:
2012 EJ5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0112 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 358.33750              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.54735587     Peri.  139.14012     -0.99892513     -0.04631180
a   1.4800948      Node    38.20559     +0.04166588     -0.91554717
e   0.3197317      Incl.    0.18052     +0.02031095     -0.39953547
P   1.80           H   27.7           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - E54

The 8 - 18 metre wide asteroid 2012 EJ5 made a close pass (5.5 lunar distances, 0.0142 AU), travelling at 4.30 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th March, 2012 @ 08:38 UT ±00:05.

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