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Orbital elements:
2012 GD2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0462 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 333.94187              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58565709     Peri.   16.54767     -0.80504298     +0.55191080
a   1.4148393      Node   201.73725     -0.58871498     -0.78838392
e   0.2650270      Incl.   35.96168     -0.07294161     +0.27174485
P   1.68           H   22.9           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - G38



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The 68 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2012 GD2 made a close pass (18.1 lunar distances, 0.0465 AU), travelling at 19.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th April, 2012 @ 00:42 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).



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