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Orbital elements:
2012 QD8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0036 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 350.29864              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.36141326     Peri.   86.89215     +0.23421083     -0.97202123
a   1.9519409      Node   349.51088     +0.84837771     +0.21333552
e   0.7060428      Incl.    5.63935     +0.47476367     +0.09829900
P   2.73           H   23.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2012 - Q26

The 63 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2012 QD8 will make a close pass (17.0 lunar distances, 0.0437 AU), travelling at 19.57 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th September, 2012 @ 04:59 UT ±03:04. 

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