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Orbital elements:
2012 GP1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0219 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 332.68980              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56301869     Peri.   26.11125     -0.73366016     +0.67936393
a   1.4525157      Node   196.70802     -0.63188590     -0.68987627
e   0.2983889      Incl.    2.87139     -0.24992594     -0.25007073
P   1.75           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - G31

The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2012 GP1 will make a close pass (9.0 lunar distances, 0.0230 AU), travelling at 4.64 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st April, 2012 @ 06:07 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).