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Orbital elements:
2009 SK15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0127 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 264.51984              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.82258849     Peri.   21.33472     +0.93804401     -0.34647395
a   1.1281001      Node   358.89314     +0.26336515     +0.72300375
e   0.1040401      Incl.   16.25729     +0.22519379     +0.59768000
P   1.20           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - S62

The 26 - 59 metre wide asteroid 2009 SK15 will make a close pass (7.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0194 AU), travelling at 8.64 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).