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Orbital elements:
2012 GW11                                                Earth MOID = 0.0078 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 318.67224              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48111396     Peri.   83.89207     +0.33222554     +0.93985860
a   1.6130113      Node   205.95031     -0.92111732     +0.30520652
e   0.5689681      Incl.   10.44373     -0.20290165     +0.15334533
P   2.05           H   26.4           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - H05

The 14 - 32 metre wide asteroid 2012 GW11 will make a close pass (4.9 lunar distances, 0.0127 AU), travelling at 17.19 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th April, 2012 @ 16:13 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).