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Asteroid 2009 VR has just passed the Earth.

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The 6 - 14 metre wide asteroid 2009 VR will make a close pass (6.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0168 AU), travelling at 7.66 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th 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 VR                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0140 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  11.25236              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.50203213     Peri.   41.44474     +0.05533165     -0.99649406
a   1.5678880      Node    45.48844     +0.89134716     +0.02097625
e   0.3948717      Incl.    5.04855     +0.44993182     +0.08099126
P   1.96           H   28.2           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - V28

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