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Orbital elements:
2012 GK                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0021 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 325.74667              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41094593     Peri.  146.37877     -0.16544244     +0.98478696
a   1.7917590      Node   114.04852     -0.91717125     -0.13383050
e   0.4669343      Incl.    3.33573     -0.36252681     -0.11083337
P   2.40           H   22.7           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - G21

The 77 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2012 GK will make a close pass (21.8 lunar distances, 0.0561 AU), travelling at 8.25 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th May, 2012 @ 02:34 UT ±08:38.

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