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Orbital elements:
2012 GA5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0984 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 243.43045              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.80724543     Peri.  108.46853     +0.51355488     +0.85760825
a   1.1423495      Node   192.54509     -0.82755117     +0.48649466
e   0.0662941      Incl.    7.33724     -0.22676078     +0.16682639
P   1.22           H   24.4           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - G40

The 35 - 77 metre wide asteroid 2012 GA5 made a close pass (60.3 lunar distances, 0.1549 AU), travelling at 4.30 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th April, 2012 @ 14:38 UT ±17:34.

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