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RE: Asteroid 2009 UP1

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Asteroid 2009 UP1 has just passed the Earth.

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Orbital elements:
2009 UP1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0710 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  19.18327              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.52551177     Peri.  195.71538     +0.30408341     -0.91914526
a   1.5208315      Node   237.20226     +0.90299032     +0.36185406
e   0.4049939      Incl.   17.33145     +0.30354860     -0.15567157
P   1.88           H   20.2           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - U33

The 250 - 560 metre wide asteroid 2009 UP1 will make a close pass (29.3 Lunar Distances, 0.0752 AU), travelling at 12.67 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th 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).