IMPORTANT UPDATE 17OCT2011 21:00 JST, Tokyo: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/10/breaking-news-neo-asteroid-2011-ub-just.html
NEO Meteor Fireball Forecast - Close NEO Approach to Bring Large Green Fireballs 15OCT2011
A close approach by NEO Asteroid 2009 TM8 and its accompanying debris will bring us some large green fireball meteors just prior to and just after the 17OCT2011 (2-3 days prior/after). There is no danger of 2009 TM8 itself striking the Earth. Have your cameras ready and get out to watch the sky. I am also expecting that there will be more NEOs discovered to pass towards the end of the month. Check back as I will posted sightings as they are reported.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo, Japan
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| COMING 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) |
| (1990 UA) | 2011-Oct-15 | 0.0845 | 32.9 | 400 m | 19.6 | 16.64 |
| (2011 TA4) | 2011-Oct-16 | 0.1345 | 52.3 | 190 m - 430 m | 20.7 | 12.97 |
| (2011 TX8) | 2011-Oct-16 | 0.1868 | 72.7 | 110 m - 260 m | 21.8 | 17.21 |
| (2009 TM8) | 2011-Oct-17 | 0.0023 | 0.9 | 5.1 m - 11 m | 28.6 | 8.18 |
| (2007 SV1) | 2011-Oct-17 | 0.1772 | 68.9 | 31 m - 68 m | 24.7 | 13.28 |
| (2009 UC) | 2011-Oct-18 | 0.0571 | 22.2 | 13 m - 29 m | 26.6 | 12.96 |
| (2011 SH189) | 2011-Oct-18 | 0.1145 | 44.5 | 44 m - 97 m | 23.9 | 3.03 |
| 297300 (1998 SC15) | 2011-Oct-18 | 0.1215 | 47.3 | 320 m | 19.2 | 16.79 |
| (2011 SO32) | 2011-Oct-20 | 0.0837 | 32.6 | 170 m - 380 m | 21.0 | 12.96 |
| (2011 SL189) | 2011-Oct-20 | 0.0742 | 28.9 | 28 m - 63 m | 24.9 | 8.40 |
| (2001 UP) | 2011-Oct-21 | 0.1149 | 44.7 | 20 m - 44 m | 25.7 | 11.55 |
| (2011 SJ16) | 2011-Oct-21 | 0.1235 | 48.1 | 420 m - 950 m | 19.0 | 24.96 |
| (2011 SM68) | 2011-Oct-22 | 0.0934 | 36.4 | 320 m - 720 m | 19.6 | 20.46 |
| (2011 SJ189) | 2011-Oct-22 | 0.1731 | 67.4 | 79 m - 180 m | 22.6 | 4.03 |
| (2003 FH) | 2011-Oct-24 | 0.0653 | 25.4 | 450 m - 1.0 km | 18.9 | 22.79 |
| (2011 SP70) | 2011-Oct-24 | 0.1422 | 55.3 | 75 m - 170 m | 22.7 | 12.45 |
| (2006 SP19) | 2011-Oct-26 | 0.0906 | 35.3 | 33 m - 74 m | 24.5 | 10.06 |
| (1993 VD) | 2011-Oct-26 | 0.0902 | 35.1 | 120 m - 280 m | 21.7 | 19.58 |
| (2005 CJ) | 2011-Oct-27 | 0.0818 | 31.9 | 240 m - 540 m | 20.2 | 9.88 |
| (2011 LC19) | 2011-Oct-29 | 0.0580 | 22.6 | 540 m - 1.2 km | 18.5 | 14.54 |
| (2010 VU98) | 2011-Oct-31 | 0.0462 | 18.0 | 30 m - 68 m | 24.7 | 10.22 |
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For original data and the most up-to-date information concerning NEOs:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
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