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RE: Asteroid 2009 WD11

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Update:
The 100 - 230 metre wide asteroid 2009 WD11 will make a close pass (35.5 Lunar Distances, 0.0913 AU), travelling at 12.19 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th 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 110 - 250 metre wide asteroid 2009 WD11 will make a close pass (34.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0890 AU), travelling at 12.90 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th 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 WD11                                                Earth MOID = 0.0726 AU
Epoch 2009 Nov. 5.0 TT = JDT 2455140.5                  MPC
M 262.75727              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.88838073     Peri.  127.34564     -0.95938891     +0.20975108
a   1.0716919      Node    65.46581     -0.27559403     -0.83958812
e   0.4286155      Incl.   11.96650     +0.06017344     -0.50109508
P   1.11           H   21.8           G   0.15
From 25 observations 2009 Nov. 20-21.

MPEC 2009 - W62