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RE: Asteroid 2009 WK1

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Asteroid 2009 WK1 has passed the Earth.

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Orbital elements:
2009 WK1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0302 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M  16.94972              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48727794     Peri.  195.71272     +0.35423980     -0.93402475
a   1.5993796      Node   233.56221     +0.86402370     +0.34569890
e   0.3660936      Incl.    3.27470     +0.35773902     +0.08994462
P   2.02           H   27.1           G   0.15           U   6

MPEC 2009 - W28

The 10 - 22 metre wide asteroid 2009 WK1 will make a close pass (12.0 Lunar Distances, 0.0307 AU), travelling at 4.85 km/s, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd 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).