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Orbital elements:
2009 VC1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0082 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M   4.18917              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.40984888     Peri.  233.69934     -0.26588658     -0.96235840
a   1.7949549      Node   231.81705     +0.90583385     -0.22943236
e   0.5082696      Incl.    4.10793     +0.32980200     -0.14569525
P   2.40           H   26.5           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - V38

The 160 - 350 metre wide asteroid 2009 VC1 will make a close pass (6.0 Lunar Distances, 0.0153 AU), travelling at 11.00 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th 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).