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Orbital elements:
2009 UZ87                                                Earth MOID = 0.0128 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 197.69970              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.13411696     Peri.   39.94886     -0.20348092     +0.97812993
a   0.9106765      Node   218.36684     -0.91508986     -0.20564997
e   0.1863228      Incl.    3.98146     -0.34814661     -0.03114372
P   0.87           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   9

MPEC 2009 - U122

The 20 - 44 metre wide asteroid 2009 UZ87 made a close pass (8.7 Lunar Distances, 0.0223 AU), travelling at 5.26 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 23rd 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).