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Orbital elements:
2009 XR2 Earth MOID = 0.1524 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 33.54574 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.54128608 Peri. 130.99260 +0.65624517 -0.60612314
a 1.4911390 Node 271.54870 +0.48335540 +0.79503032
e 0.2889747 Incl. 26.71549 +0.57940473 +0.02327075
P 1.82 H 19.0 G 0.15 U 2

MPEC 2010 - E35


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Asteroid 2009 XR2 has passed the Earth.

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The 430 - 960 metre wide asteroid 2009 XR2 will make a close pass (60.2 lunar distances, 0.1546 AU), travelling at 14.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 17th December, 2009.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).


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Orbital elements:
2009 XR2 Earth MOID = 0.1530 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC
M 33.19680 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.53907663 Peri. 131.45118 +0.65062327 -0.61025284
a 1.4952107 Node 271.52976 +0.48871375 +0.79202087
e 0.2897836 Incl. 26.88078 +0.58124713 +0.01715829
P 1.83 H 18.9 G 0.15 U 8

MPEC 2009 - X52


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