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Orbital elements:
2009 VQ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0163 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  16.61509              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26262492     Peri.  353.70140     +0.78930257     -0.61127226
a   2.4149719      Node    44.15357     +0.56690082     +0.68931183
e   0.5832183      Incl.    4.76455     +0.23584934     +0.38883856
P   3.75           H   26.4           G   0.15           U   5

MPEC 2009 - V27

The 14 - 31 metre wide asteroid 2009 VQ will make a close pass (7.1 Lunar Distances, 0.0184 AU), travelling at 8.06 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th 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).