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Orbital elements:
2012 HM8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0180 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 346.23311              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20892508     Peri.  179.21964     -0.47996504     +0.87595192
a   2.8128225      Node    62.09607     -0.80519202     -0.41795198
e   0.6335726      Incl.    3.13901     -0.34828060     -0.24088250
P   4.72           H   23.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - H50

The 43 - 96 metre wide asteroid 2012 HM8 will make a close pass (14.1 lunar distances, 0.0362 AU), travelling at 8.79 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th May, 2012 @ 12:22 UT ±10:00.

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