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Orbital elements:
2012 TP231                                               Earth MOID = 0.0056 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 290.31391              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.83765406     Peri.   76.00494     -0.27817843     -0.95870449
a   1.1145330      Node    30.34799     +0.82986753     -0.27090606
e   0.2532872      Incl.    6.72667     +0.48366996     -0.08657716
P   1.18           H   24.8           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2012 - U08

The 28 - 64 metre wide asteroid 2012 TP231 will make a close pass (5.8 lunar distances, 0.0149 AU), travelling at 7.31 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd October, 2012 @ 05:11 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).