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Orbital elements:
2012 HO8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0632 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M  12.15614              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.79880023     Peri.  309.93353     -0.91431315     -0.34416685
a   1.1503869      Node   211.70124     +0.36136825     -0.93127153
e   0.1011426      Incl.   23.97138     -0.18287824     -0.11950952
P   1.23           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - H52

The 40 - 89 metre wide asteroid 2012 HO8 made a close pass (27.8 lunar distances, 0.0714 AU), travelling at 12.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th April, 2012 @ 01:57 UT ±00:21.

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