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Orbital elements:
2009 SH15                                                Earth MOID = 0.0175 AU
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5                 MPC
M 314.06786              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40030157     Peri.   22.37174     +0.93055606     -0.36613974
a   1.8233828      Node   359.09311     +0.30521900     +0.77970761
e   0.4510789      Incl.    9.70398     +0.20225427     +0.50793477
P   2.46           H   24.1           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - S60

The 37 - 83 metre wide asteroid 2009 SH15 will make a close pass (8.7 Lunar Distances, 0.0225 AU), travelling at 8.70 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd September, 2009.

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