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Orbital elements:
2012 EK8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0282 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 350.94001              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33672397     Peri.  202.48711     -0.91652334     +0.39996810
a   2.0462249      Node     1.10490     -0.33665194     -0.76701107
e   0.5083832      Incl.    9.67094     -0.21598714     -0.50171659
P   2.93           H   23.4           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - E64

The 59 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2012 EK8 will make a close pass (11.2 lunar distances, 0.0288 AU), travelling at 9.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th March, 2012 @ 23:14 UT ±00:24.

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