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Orbital elements:
2009 LQ                                             PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0423 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 330.63321              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.51797652     Peri.  244.12333     +0.99603544     +0.02585691
a   1.5355454      Node   114.29538     +0.00662030     +0.93262508
e   0.5893575      Incl.    5.35850     -0.08871061     +0.35991926
P   1.90           H   21.8           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - L39

The 110 - 250 metre wide asteroid 2009 LQ will make a close pass (27.9 Lunar Distances, 0.0718 AU), travelling at 15.63 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd June, 2009.

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