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Orbital elements:
2012 EL8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0187 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   7.13905              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.75892704     Peri.  165.27471     -0.96051933     -0.27820697
a   1.1903354      Node   358.56804     +0.24709833     -0.84999053
e   0.1512567      Incl.    4.28856     +0.12784767     -0.44734436
P   1.30           H   28.3           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - E65

The 6 - 13 metre wide asteroid 2012 EL8 will make a close pass (7.3 lunar distances, 0.0188 AU), travelling at 2.92 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th March, 2012 @ 01:42 UT ±00:27.

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