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Orbital elements:
2012 QZ16                                                Earth MOID = 0.0085 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 349.93622              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51706926     Peri.  258.91839     +0.63256608     -0.77285006
a   1.5373411      Node   151.64519     +0.74569516     +0.59007003
e   0.5033918      Incl.    6.11911     +0.20928183     +0.23349550
P   1.91           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - Q49

The 20 - 45 metre wide asteroid 2012 QZ16 will make a close pass (7.0 lunar distances, 0.0179 AU), travelling at 13.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th August, 2012 @ 09:26 UT ±00:03. 

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