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Orbital elements:
2009 VM24                                                Earth MOID = 0.0350 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 344.64503              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.83792906     Peri.   88.61029     -0.69335661     -0.70554775
a   1.1142891      Node    46.48658     +0.55431723     -0.65211815
e   0.2320301      Incl.   11.65360     +0.46042266     -0.27738832
P   1.18           H   26.6           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - V47

The 13 - 28 metre wide asteroid 2009 VM24 will make a close pass (15.8 Lunar Distances, 0.0405 AU), travelling at 8.49 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th 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).