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Orbital elements:
2012 ES14                                                Earth MOID = 0.1641 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 339.46987              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24633736     Peri.   77.75641     -0.06236024     +0.99567200
a   2.5202823      Node   189.51238     -0.99798794     -0.06141476
e   0.6497925      Incl.   24.64359     +0.01145696     +0.06975316
P   4.00           H   20.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - F19

The 270 - 590 metre wide asteroid 2012 ES14 will make a close pass (72.5 lunar distances, 0.1863 AU), travelling at 17.76 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th April, 2012 @ 13:31 UT ±02:58.

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