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Asteroid 2009 CP = 9C943E5 (NEOCPO)

The 12 - 28 metre wide asteroid 2009 CP will make a close pass (7.7 Lunar Distances, 0.0199 AU) to the Earth-Moon system on the 8th February 2009.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Orbital elements:
2009 CP                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0182 AU
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 MPC
M 332.49323              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.31204687     Peri.   26.62193     -0.94880765     -0.30066739
a   2.1527297      Node   135.51944     +0.25955847     -0.91677656
e   0.5466330      Incl.    7.93803     +0.17998181     -0.26290656
P   3.16           H   26.7           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2009 -C21