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Orbital elements:
2009 KL8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0125 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 351.03114              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.43973199     Peri.  222.48289     +0.47246929     +0.87092371
a   1.7126844      Node    76.12765     -0.76660873     +0.48175569
e   0.4711872      Incl.    8.00197     -0.43483770     +0.09697088
P   2.24           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - K75

The 39 - 87 metre wide asteroid 2009 KL8 will make a close pass (5.1 Lunar Distances, 0.0131 AU), travelling at 11.32 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st 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).