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Orbital elements:
2012 FQ35                                                Earth MOID = 0.0227 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M   5.86434              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.67306242     Peri.  340.20369     -0.95422727     -0.29876806
a   1.2895331      Node   182.53568     +0.29870060     -0.94969128
e   0.2176342      Incl.   18.05285     +0.01510889     -0.09393678
P   1.46           H   23.7           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - F79

The 49 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2012 FQ35 made a close pass (10.7 lunar distances, 0.0276 AU), travelling at 10.26 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd March, 2012 @ 08:44 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).