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RE: Asteroid 2009 UR5

Blobrana · L

Asteroid 2009 UR5 has just passed the Earth.

Blobrana · L

Orbital elements:
2009 UR5                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0187 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 317.04442              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.46698079     Peri.  341.23925     -0.96056234     +0.26866356
a   0.7671020      Node   214.60158     -0.23623343     -0.92446888
e   0.3900699      Incl.    7.25293     -0.14667567     -0.27051281
P   0.67           H   25.5           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - U60

The 21 - 48 metre wide asteroid 2009 UR5 will make a close pass (15.5 Lunar Distances, 0.0399 AU), travelling at 8.33 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th 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).