30 December 2010

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):
 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-Dec-29
0.0293
11.4
50 m - 110 m
23.6
10.25
 2010-Dec-30
0.1580
61.5
120 m - 260 m
21.8
4.74
 2011-Jan-01
0.1648
64.1
52 m - 120 m
23.5
4.53
 2011-Jan-02
0.0171
6.6
13 m - 28 m
26.6
9.35
 2011-Jan-07
0.1965
76.5
1.3 km - 3.0 km
16.5
14.64
 2011-Jan-09
0.1823
70.9
33 m - 73 m
24.5
8.46
 2011-Jan-11
0.0087
3.4
8.8 m - 20 m
27.4
5.56
 2011-Jan-11
0.1588
61.8
200 m - 440 m
20.6
17.62
 2011-Jan-11
0.0477
18.6
220 m - 480 m
20.4
7.86
 2011-Jan-11
0.1710
66.6
100 m - 220 m
22.1
9.30
 2011-Jan-11
0.0998
38.8
180 m - 390 m
20.9
7.42
 2011-Jan-12
0.1801
70.1
310 m - 690 m
19.7
7.32
 2011-Jan-13
0.1848
71.9
52 m - 120 m
23.5
6.58
 2011-Jan-18
0.1823
70.9
18 m - 41 m
25.8
9.97
 2011-Jan-20
0.1384
53.9
160 m - 360 m
21.1
15.77
 2011-Jan-22
0.1647
64.1
110 m - 250 m
21.8
8.59
 2011-Jan-22
0.1899
73.9
220 m - 490 m
20.4
17.30
 2011-Jan-26
0.1628
63.3
490 m - 1.1 km
18.7
16.61
 2011-Jan-31
0.1255
48.8
77 m - 170 m
22.7
8.75
 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/
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