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Orbital elements:
2009 VZ                                             PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0211 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   8.90647              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.59673277     Peri.  221.53190     -0.07987888     -0.98236757
a   1.3972779      Node   233.73294     +0.96090798     -0.03078863
e   0.3177442      Incl.   12.10201     +0.26509474     -0.18440722
P   1.65           H   21.2           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - V35

The 160 - 350 metre wide asteroid 2009 VZ will make a close pass (14.7 Lunar Distances, 0.0377 AU), travelling at 9.41 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th November, 2009.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).