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Orbital elements:
2012 GD                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0044 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 337.91018              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43420763     Peri.  119.86881     -0.65082003     +0.75919627
a   1.7271806      Node   109.52585     -0.69925112     -0.59559433
e   0.4309204      Incl.    0.44801     -0.29577213     -0.26246602
P   2.27           H   27.2           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - G15

The 11 - 25 metre wide asteroid 2012 GD will make a close pass (9.4 lunar distances, 0.0241 AU), travelling at 9.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th April, 2012 @ 08:34 UT ±00:03.

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