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RE: Asteroid 2009 VJ24

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Update:
The 98 - 220 metre wide asteroid 2009 VJ24 will make a close pass (60.7 Lunar Distances, 0.1559 AU), travelling at 8.06 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th December, 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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The 100 - 230 metre wide asteroid 2009 VJ24 will make a close pass (59.8 Lunar Distances, 0.1537 AU), travelling at 8.22 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 11th December, 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 VJ24                                                Earth MOID = 0.0665 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   3.21684              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.38719293     Peri.   56.61903     -0.05475918     -0.99164997
a   1.8643085      Node    37.06717     +0.83966571     -0.10900938
e   0.4925342      Incl.   11.16902     +0.54033595     +0.06890065
P   2.55           H   22.0           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - V45