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Orbital elements:
2009 UC                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0254 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 287.46565              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.49637989     Peri.  186.13527     -0.88242937     +0.44020456
a   0.7570214      Node    22.41857     -0.41101183     -0.54977270
e   0.3542503      Incl.   25.79379     -0.22888354     -0.70990839
P   0.66           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - U09

The 13 - 30 metre wide asteroid 2009 UC made a close pass (9.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0246 AU), travelling at 13.50 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 15th October, 2009.

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