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Orbital elements:
2012 EQ10                                                Earth MOID = 0.0255 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  13.18296              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.59121684     Peri.  331.24625     -0.85618862     -0.51658590
a   1.4059553      Node   177.59365     +0.50538122     -0.84096594
e   0.2926237      Incl.   12.30374     +0.10738187     -0.16098227
P   1.67           H   25.9           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - F07

The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2012 EQ10 made a close pass (10.0 lunar distances, 0.0257AU), travelling at 7.98 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th March, 2012 @ 00:49 UT ±00:03.

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