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The 4 - 9 metre wide asteroid 2009 WQ6 will make a close pass (45.2 LD, 0.1162 AU) travelling at 13.97 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th February 2015 @ 21:06 UT ±00:55. 

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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 4 - 9 metre wide asteroid 2009 WQ6 made a close pass (0.9 Lunar Distances, 0.0023 AU), travelling at 12.42 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th 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 WQ6                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0024 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 147.23358              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.22142663     Peri.  227.28540     +0.22162006     +0.97153267
a   0.8667446      Node    55.70248     -0.86243743     +0.23534928
e   0.4086581      Incl.    5.81630     -0.45506729     +0.02711050
P   0.81           H   29.2           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - W41

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