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Orbital elements:
2009 VP44                                                Earth MOID = 0.0315 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   9.61127              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24857251     Peri.  195.34109     +0.41091711     -0.86602675
a   2.5051514      Node   231.28879     +0.87015446     +0.46578571
e   0.5977258      Incl.   21.41128     +0.27198961     -0.18177277
P   3.97           H   25.9           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - W02

The 18 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2009 VP44 made a close pass (12.0 Lunar Distances, 0.0310 AU), travelling at 14.56 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th 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).