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Orbital elements:
2012 FU23                                                Earth MOID = 0.0065 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 326.05532              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.53551422     Peri.   95.71954     +0.12341697     +0.99235223
a   1.5018344      Node   181.37616     -0.94420134     +0.11671381
e   0.5897714      Incl.    5.50230     -0.30537205     +0.04018629
P   1.84           H   27.6           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - F65

The 8 - 18 metre wide asteroid 2012 FU23 will make a close pass (3.1 lunar distances, 0.0079 AU), travelling at 18.32 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th March, 2012 @ 21:30 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).