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RE: Asteroid 2009 UM1

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The asteroid 2009 UM1, has just passed the Earth.

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Orbital elements:
2009 UM1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0625 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 358.42554              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.03898731     Peri.  333.81624     -0.97465138     -0.22092002
a   0.9654487      Node   193.56185     +0.22244271     -0.93996579
e   0.5976261      Incl.    8.66830     +0.02395678     -0.26011277
P   0.95           H   23.5           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - U30

Asteroid 2009 UM1
The 52 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2009 UM1 will make a close pass (63.3 Lunar Distances, 0.1627 AU), travelling at 14.79 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st 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).