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Orbital elements:
2012 FG                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0028 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  13.88647              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33014130     Peri.  288.45733     -0.29071433     -0.95680937
a   2.0733350      Node   178.44233     +0.89126817     -0.27118379
e   0.6343438      Incl.    2.12746     +0.34803193     -0.10476253
P   2.99           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - F22

The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2012 FG made a close pass (1.6 lunar distances, 0.0042 AU), travelling at 15.70 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th March, 2012 @ 17:35 UT ±00:01.

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