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Orbital elements:
2012 HE2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0227 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 329.92789              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43518231     Peri.  216.00711     -0.39288920     +0.90990053
a   1.7246007      Node    31.48874     -0.77283622     -0.24826591
e   0.4351357      Incl.   14.76436     -0.49835956     -0.33233275
P   2.26           H   25.9           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - H33

The 18 - 39 metre wide asteroid 2012 HE2 will make a close pass (8.9 lunar distances, 0.0229 AU), travelling at 11.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th April, 2012 @ 06:33 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).