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Orbital elements:
2009 WY104                                               Earth MOID = 0.0946 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 295.82535              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.99132169     Peri.  126.55377     -0.91504232     +0.07973243
a   0.9961536      Node    61.25390     -0.30683169     -0.77389584
e   0.2239440      Incl.   26.80642     +0.26182410     -0.62827380
P   0.99           H   25.0           G   0.15           U   8

MPEC 2009 - W110

The 27 - 61 metre wide asteroid 2009 WY104 will make a close pass (41.3 lunar distances, 0.1062 AU), travelling at 14.20 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 27th 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).

-- Edited by Blobrana on Wednesday 25th of November 2009 05:32:40 PM