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Orbital elements:
2009 SH1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0035 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 333.21946              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.77125346     Peri.  292.50577     +0.30329203     +0.95288695
a   1.1776185      Node   355.14297     -0.85349352     +0.26954244
e   0.2356748      Incl.    3.05784     -0.42374847     +0.13911624
P   1.28           H   29.4           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - S38

The 3.5 - 8 metre wide asteroid 2009 SH1 made a close pass (2.4 Lunar Distances, 0.0061 AU), travelling at 7.13 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th 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).