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Orbital elements:
2009 LA                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0071 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M  53.43540              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.70851845     Peri.  288.60845     -0.97816859     -0.04568063
a   1.2461451      Node   249.18050     +0.10980474     -0.94185215
e   0.3103155      Incl.   12.52656     -0.17643450     -0.33290810
P   1.39           H   26.3           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - L04

The 14 - 32 metre wide asteroid 2009 LA made a close pass (2.9 Lunar Distances, 0.0074 AU), travelling at 10.52 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th May, 2009.

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