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Orbital elements:
2012 UE                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0005 AU
Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5                MPC
M 337.10420              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37560298     Peri.   59.32776     +0.04459274     -0.99896010
a   1.9024651      Node    28.12114     +0.90953740     +0.03666483
e   0.5742444      Incl.    1.15462     +0.41322295     +0.02709997
P   2.62           H   28.4           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2012 - U18

The 6 - 12 metre wide asteroid 2012 UE will make a close pass (2.0 lunar distances, 0.0052 AU), travelling at 13.51 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th October, 2012 @ 08:06 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).