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Orbital elements:
2008 WB59                                                Earth MOID = 0.1615 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M  12.21428              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.92271648     Peri.  188.82028     -0.36562102     +0.85107113
a   1.0449380      Node    60.54125     -0.82538900     -0.10935012
e   0.1880025      Incl.   25.64426     -0.43017934     -0.51353723
P   1.07           H   19.4           G   0.15           U   3

MPEC 2009 - S110

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The 360 - 800 metre wide asteroid 2008 WB59 will make a close pass (77.1 Lunar Distances, 0.1982 AU), travelling at 15.49 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd June, 2009.

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

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The 540 meter wide asteroid 2008 WB59 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on the 23rd November, 2008.
Orbital elements:
2008 WB59                                                Earth MOID = 0.0975 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 172.87988              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.88336984     Peri.  199.48533     -0.20190065     +0.90430436
a   1.0757409      Node    60.52907     -0.83148367     +0.04467728
e   0.1556443      Incl.   25.59624     -0.51756259     -0.42454394
P   1.12           H   19.0           G   0.15           U   9
MPEC 2008-W55

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