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Orbital elements:
2012 GB5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0413 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 332.06227              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31693472     Peri.   71.88041     -0.00976793     +0.99958140
a   2.1305391      Node   197.62674     -0.94807952     -0.01791543
e   0.5748257      Incl.    5.15969     -0.31788333     +0.02271717
P   3.11           H   23.8           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2012 - G41

The 48 - 110 metre wide asteroid 2012 GB5 will make a close pass (22.8 lunar distances, 0.0585 AU), travelling at 11.26 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th May, 2012 @ 23:22 UT ±04:08.

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