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Orbital elements:
2009 RG2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0100 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 297.74382              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.50581445     Peri.   37.74993     +0.85065069     -0.52570109
a   1.5600621      Node   353.95748     +0.46837244     +0.76266774
e   0.3748798      Incl.    3.06905     +0.23878998     +0.37679740
P   1.95           H   25.9           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - R55

The 18 - 41 metre wide asteroid 2009 RG2 will make a close pass (9.1 Lunar Distances, 0.0234 AU), travelling at 6.88 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 21st September, 2009.

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