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The 6 - 14 metre wide asteroid 2011 GW9 will make a close pass (32.7 lunar distances, 0.0841 AU), travelling at 9.02 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th April 2014 @ 18:08 UT ±16:28.

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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 6 - 14 metre wide asteroid 2011 GW9 will make a close pass (0.5 lunar distances, 0.0013 AU), travelling at 11.37 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 6th April, 2011 @ 04:48 UT ±00:04.

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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:
2011 GW9                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 284.96629              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.67747307     Peri.  252.90940     -0.02827309     +0.99896359
a   1.2839300      Node    15.60064     -0.85927813     -0.00605621
e   0.3678212      Incl.    7.62209     -0.51072667     -0.04511183
P   1.45           H   28.1           G   0.15           U   5

MPEC 2011 - G35



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