* Astronomy

The 53 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2005 YR3 will make a close pass (27.0 Lunar Distances, 0.0694 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on 16th February 2009.

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

Orbital elements:
2005 YR3                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0105 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 133.20818              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.33079816     Peri.  222.55088     +0.40145534     +0.91394140
a   0.8185802      Node    71.19762     -0.82247751     +0.38835216
e   0.2726383      Incl.    3.60594     -0.40294461     +0.11787162
P   0.74           H   23.4           G   0.15           U   2

MPEC 2009 -B68