Meteor/Meteorite News - Upcoming Asteroid Close Approaches! 2011 January

Upcoming Asteroid NEO Close Approaches!
 2011 January

  Expect increase in meteor/meteorite activity in January 2011!
  We will have many bright green meteors as we approach the date of 11JAN2010 and just after.
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  One to watch is Asteroid 2009 BS5 with an lunar distance (LD) of 3.4
 (1 305 600Km = ~811262 miles):

(2009 BS5)

2011-Jan-11

0.0087

3.4

8.8 m - 20 m

27.4

5.56

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers

1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object Name	Close Approach Date	Miss Distance (AU)	Miss Distance (LD)	Estimated Diameter*	H (mag)	Relative Velocity (km/s)
(2010 YR)	2010-Dec-29	0.0293	11.4	50 m - 110 m	23.6	10.25
(2010 PR10)	2010-Dec-30	0.1580	61.5	120 m - 260 m	21.8	4.74
(2010 XR10)	2011-Jan-01	0.1648	64.1	52 m - 120 m	23.5	4.53
(2010 YD)	2011-Jan-02	0.0171	6.6	13 m - 28 m	26.6	9.35
(2008 EA32)	2011-Jan-07	0.1965	76.5	1.3 km - 3.0 km	16.5	14.64
(2009 DA43)	2011-Jan-09	0.1823	70.9	33 m - 73 m	24.5	8.46
(2009 BS5)	2011-Jan-11	0.0087	3.4	8.8 m - 20 m	27.4	5.56
(2010 XC25)	2011-Jan-11	0.1588	61.8	200 m - 440 m	20.6	17.62
(2000 AZ93)	2011-Jan-11	0.0477	18.6	220 m - 480 m	20.4	7.86
(2007 AA9)	2011-Jan-11	0.1710	66.6	100 m - 220 m	22.1	9.30
(2005 EE)	2011-Jan-11	0.0998	38.8	180 m - 390 m	20.9	7.42
152563 (1992 BF)	2011-Jan-12	0.1801	70.1	310 m - 690 m	19.7	7.32
(2009 TP)	2011-Jan-13	0.1848	71.9	52 m - 120 m	23.5	6.58
(2001 BA16)	2011-Jan-18	0.1823	70.9	18 m - 41 m	25.8	9.97
(2007 CA27)	2011-Jan-20	0.1384	53.9	160 m - 360 m	21.1	15.77
(2010 XB24)	2011-Jan-22	0.1647	64.1	110 m - 250 m	21.8	8.59
(2002 BN)	2011-Jan-22	0.1899	73.9	220 m - 490 m	20.4	17.30
(2003 YO3)	2011-Jan-26	0.1628	63.3	490 m - 1.1 km	18.7	16.61
(2001 CQ36)	2011-Jan-31	0.1255	48.8	77 m - 170 m	22.7	8.75
(1999 CG9)	2011-Jan-31	0.0948	36.9	24 m - 53 m	25.2	4.45

NEOs of January 2011 Credit: NASA/JPL 2011

For more information please visit the NASA /JPL NEO site http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/