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Orbital elements:
2009 UJ5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0166 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  22.76773              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26235378     Peri.  345.38521     +0.97175507     -0.22666487
a   2.4166356      Node    27.97881     +0.22813139     +0.83101954
e   0.5850101      Incl.    8.04898     +0.06039988     +0.50796610
P   3.76           H   25.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2009 - U57

The 26 - 57 metre wide asteroid 2009 UJ5 made a close pass (6.4 Lunar Distances, 0.0165AU), travelling at 9.30 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th 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).