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Orbital elements:
2009 VK24                                                Earth MOID = 0.0734 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  13.75373              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.42679367     Peri.   45.08577     +0.30860782     -0.95021171
a   1.7471254      Node    27.02631     +0.84379104     +0.25255866
e   0.4088373      Incl.    5.44463     +0.43906480     +0.18251526
P   2.31           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - V49

The 41 - 91 metre wide asteroid 2009 VK24 will make a close pass (28.5 Lunar Distances, 0.0732 AU), travelling at 5.58 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th 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).