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Orbital elements:
2012 EM8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0385 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 345.40476              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61397041     Peri.   15.42587     -0.94576387     +0.32482736
a   1.3710009      Node   183.53772     -0.30482929     -0.89188666
e   0.2444311      Incl.    3.92926     -0.11229336     -0.31468296
P   1.61           H   24.7           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - E66

The 31 - 69 metre wide asteroid 2012 EM8 will make a close pass (18.1 lunar distances, 0.0466 AU), travelling at 4.07 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th March, 2012 @ 00:54 UT ±02:05.

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