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RE: Asteroid 2009 TA1

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Asteroid 2009 TA1 has just passed the Earth.

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Orbital elements:
2009 TA1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0809 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   3.37047              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28427621     Peri.  271.69643     -0.42666053     -0.90016720
a   2.2907395      Node   204.16036     +0.89129709     -0.40208012
e   0.6635659      Incl.   12.34710     +0.15346106     -0.16742340
P   3.47           H   20.1           G   0.15           U   2

MPEC 2009 - V12

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The 260 - 590 metre wide asteroid 2009 TA1 will make a close pass (37.3 Lunar Distances, 0.0957 AU), travelling at 17.69 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th November, 2009.

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

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Orbital elements:
2009 TA1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0805 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   3.37705              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28475984     Peri.  271.73613     -0.42723097     -0.89990239
a   2.2881451      Node   204.15624     +0.89102257     -0.40263753
e   0.6633727      Incl.   12.34058     +0.15346816     -0.16750733
P   3.46           H   20.0           G   0.15

MPEC 2009 - T37