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The 61 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2009 XH8 will make a close pass (50.1 lunar distances, 0.1288 AU), travelling at 6.70 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th November, 2012 @ 04:25 UT ±16:10. 

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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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Asteroid 2009 XH8 has passed the Earth.

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The 65 - 150 metre wide asteroid 2009 XH8 will make a close pass (45.6 lunar distances, 0.1171 AU), travelling at 6.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th 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 XH8 Earth MOID = 0.0916 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 6.04773 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.33473033 Peri. 1.43670 +0.15926152 -0.98366773
a 2.0543416 Node 79.40448 +0.90491866 +0.11149404
e 0.4762330 Incl. 4.89449 +0.39466187 +0.14130420
P 2.94 H 23.1 G 0.15 U 8

MPEC 2009 - Y06


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