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Orbital elements:
2009 UW87                                                Earth MOID = 0.0032 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  10.92317              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35699760     Peri.  234.80477     +0.09792591     -0.99513941
a   1.9680034      Node   209.58064     +0.91978133     +0.09448930
e   0.5503172      Incl.    1.20669     +0.38001687     +0.02773676
P   2.76           H   27.9           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - U119

The 7 - 15 metre wide asteroid 2009 UW87 will make a close pass (1.6 Lunar Distances, 0.0041 AU), travelling at 10.94 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st 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).