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Orbital elements:
2012 QV17                                                Earth MOID = 0.0236 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M   6.15014              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20783753     Peri.  189.26811     +0.93748106     +0.33462964
a   2.8226264      Node   150.61580     -0.30552379     +0.92291529
e   0.6351229      Incl.   11.24330     -0.16668674     +0.19039532
P   4.74           H   25.1           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - Q59

The 26 - 57 metre wide asteroid 2012 QV17 made a close pass (9.1 lunar distances, 0.0234 AU), travelling at 10.39 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 24th August, 2012 @ 17:40 UT ±00:01. 

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