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Orbital elements:
2012 FD23                                                Earth MOID = 0.0758 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 339.18642              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30876098     Peri.   11.08977     -0.26389576     +0.95444742
a   2.1679759      Node   243.73312     -0.89641461     -0.29598012
e   0.5851180      Incl.    8.93295     -0.35608970     +0.03776091
P   3.19           H   20.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - F60

The 260 - 590 metre wide asteroid 2012 FD23 will make a close pass (39.2 lunar distances, 0.1006 AU), travelling at 14.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th April, 2012 @ 22:47 UT ±00:53.

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