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Orbital elements:
2012 FT35                                                Earth MOID = 0.0022 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 177.27375              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.30849039     Peri.  171.16188     +0.99821777     +0.05910063
a   0.8278577      Node   185.47031     -0.05867107     +0.94659527
e   0.2121136      Incl.    4.97711     -0.01090841     +0.31696136
P   0.75           H   29.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - F82

The 4 - 8.5 metre wide asteroid 2012 FT35 made a close pass (1.9 lunar distances, 0.0048 AU), travelling at 4.52 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th March, 2012 @ 20:13 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).