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Orbital elements:
2009 UJ                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0140 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   9.54780              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23550973     Peri.   51.48730     +0.24356526     -0.96845549
a   2.5969493      Node    24.57017     +0.84580435     +0.18553614
e   0.6611873      Incl.    7.27161     +0.47464825     +0.16634391
P   4.18           H   26.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - U17

The 16 - 35 metre wide asteroid 2009 UJ will make a close pass (6.8 Lunar Distances, 0.0174 AU), travelling at 13.69 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd 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).