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Orbital elements:
2009 QK9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0046 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 314.56402              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39362368     Peri.  239.48421     +0.79658970     -0.59659540
a   1.8439476      Node   156.70045     +0.60376769     +0.77711694
e   0.5434199      Incl.   14.28007     +0.03015680     +0.20040759
P   2.50           H   22.7           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - Q49

The 77 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2009 QK9 will make a close pass (4.3 Lunar Distances,  0.0111 AU), travelling at 14.90 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th August, 2009.

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