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Orbital elements:
2012 HQ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0164 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 330.78055              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.33198455     Peri.  271.08068     +0.41147384     +0.91042311
a   2.0656535      Node    23.36144     -0.78759492     +0.37873097
e   0.6780754      Incl.    6.17460     -0.45867582     +0.16641101
P   2.97           H   25.1           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - H18

The 25 - 57 metre wide asteroid 2012 HQ will make a close pass (9.8 lunar distances, 0.0251 AU), travelling at 19.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th April, 2012 @ 08:50 UT ±00:38.

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