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Orbital elements:
2009 VT1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0005 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  22.93283              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35305966     Peri.  177.87558     +0.81515790     -0.57923219
a   1.9826101      Node   217.52142     +0.53137413     +0.74969349
e   0.5022121      Incl.    0.26061     +0.23056266     +0.32007770
P   2.79           H   29.4           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - V42

2009 VT1 Earth Impact Risk Summary
Torino Scale (maximum) 0 Palermo Scale (maximum) -11.1 Palermo Scale (cumulative) -11.13 Impact Probability (cumulative) 2.6e-09 Number of Potential Impacts 1	Vimpact 13.17 km/s Vinfinity 7.03 km/s H 29.4 Diameter 0.004 km Mass 1.3e+05 kg Energy 2.6e-03 MT all above are mean values weighted by impact probability
Analysis based on 21 observations spanning .19115 days (2009-Nov-10.31746 to 2009-Nov-10.50861)

The 3.5 - 8 metre wide asteroid 2009 VT1 made a close pass (1.4 Lunar Distances, 0.0036 AU), travelling at 7.17 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 9th 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).