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Orbital elements:
2012 KP24                                                Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5                 MPC
M 287.86220              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.61175347     Peri.  230.84971     +0.43908939     +0.84946875
a   1.3743112      Node    67.57123     -0.69530571     +0.52752639
e   0.3302086      Incl.   18.45285     -0.56899075     +0.01089755
P   1.61           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - K52

The 16 - 36 metre wide asteroid 2012 KP24 will make a close pass (0.1 lunar distances, 0.0004 AU), travelling at 13.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 28th May, 2012 @ 16:18 UT ±02:05. 

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

Google earth file: Asteroid 2012 KP24.kmz  (17kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V  
2012 05 25 000000 16 24 58.9 +34 21 32   0.027   1.028  124.5  54.2  20.3
2012 05 26 000000 16 23 46.1 +34 35 16   0.020   1.024  124.2  54.9  19.6
2012 05 27 000000 16 21 06.6 +35 02 48   0.012   1.020  123.6  55.8  18.6
2012 05 28 000000 16 10 28.0 +36 45 01   0.0050  1.016  121.7  58.0  16.7
2012 05 29 000000 04 45 08.4 -30 43 36   0.0024  1.012   52.6 127.3  18.5
2012 05 30 000000 04 19 06.3 -35 22 49   0.010   1.008   57.2 122.3  21.1
2012 05 31 000000 04 15 09.4 -35 59 50   0.017   1.005   58.1 121.1  22.2
2012 06 01 000000 04 13 33.0 -36 13 28   0.024   1.002   58.5 120.3  22.9