26 February 2011

Breaking News Alert- Green Fireballs and Bolides - 25FEB2011- 26FEB2011 - 27FEB2011

NEOs- Continued Elevated Green Fireball Activity Worldwide Projected for 25FEB2011 - 27FEB2011
Have your cameras ready for a capture!
Known NEO asteroids will pass safely but their debris and unknowns are likely to produce Green Fireball and Bolides this Fri, Sat, Sun. Get out and watch! 


UPDATE 27FEB2011
 New NEO Discoveries will push heavy meteor activity into March;  March 2011 may be a very exciting month! (see table below)
 Please get the word out and post a link to this site in Facebook, Twitter, Forums, News Stories, etc. Thanks!
- LunarMeteorite*Hunter Tokyo, Japan.


AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

NEOs Scheduled Passes 

Object
Name
Close
Approach
Date
Miss
Distance
(AU)
Miss
Distance
(LD)
Estimated
Diameter*
H
(mag)
Relative
Velocity
(km/s)

(2011 DD5) 2011-Feb-260.082332.065 m - 150 m23.111.02
(2011 AG5) 2011-Feb-260.095637.2110 m - 250 m21.97.51
(2011 DQ) 2011-Feb-260.02489.715 m - 33 m26.35.72
(2004 EK1) 2011-Feb-260.055521.6110 m - 250 m21.97.45
(2006 KV89) 2011-Feb-270.163963.8150 m - 350 m21.26.67
(2009 PQ1) 2011-Feb-270.120546.983 m - 190 m22.517.40
(2011 DT9) 2011-Feb-270.02319.025 m - 55 m25.26.20
(2009 FY4) 2011-Feb-280.065925.7160 m - 370 m21.015.17
(2011 DE5) 2011-Mar-010.01274.913 m - 30 m26.515.30
(2011 DW) 2011-Mar-020.036214.191 m - 200 m22.313.95
(2011 DW4) 2011-Mar-030.01766.99.2 m - 21 m27.34.55
(2011 BY24) 2011-Mar-040.141154.9100 m - 230 m22.010.28
(c)2011 NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Mississauga Ontario, At 3:15am I was walking my two dogs, when I saw a blue vertical streak of bright light in the sky. A second streak of light appeared seconds later. Hoping someone can confirm, or give some info on what it was?

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