March NEOs Updated - More Close to Call Ides 15MAR2012
NEOs
(2012 EN5), (2012 EK5), and
(2012 EG5) are to make close approaches from today through April 2. Expect some increased meteor, fireball and bolide activity until early April 2012. Get outside and watch and have your video cameras ready. Clear Skies! -LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo.
| 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) |
| (2012 BB14) | 2012-Mar-15 | 0.0483 | 18.8 | 27 m - 60 m | 25.0 | 2.10 |
| (2012 EH5) | 2012-Mar-15 | 0.1105 | 43.0 | 41 m - 92 m | 24.0 | 8.39 |
| (2012 EN5) | 2012-Mar-15 | 0.0037 | 1.4 | 9.6 m - 22 m | 27.2 | 9.90 |
| (2011 YU62) | 2012-Mar-16 | 0.1885 | 73.4 | 830 m - 1.8 km | 17.5 | 17.85 |
| (2010 FN) | 2012-Mar-19 | 0.1438 | 56.0 | 13 m - 28 m | 26.6 | 11.18 |
| (2012 BT23) | 2012-Mar-20 | 0.1239 | 48.2 | 420 m - 930 m | 19.0 | 13.11 |
| (2012 DO8) | 2012-Mar-20 | 0.1756 | 68.3 | 91 m - 200 m | 22.3 | 7.26 |
| (2012 DH4) | 2012-Mar-21 | 0.0606 | 23.6 | 190 m - 420 m | 20.7 | 15.55 |
| (2011 SY120) | 2012-Mar-21 | 0.0517 | 20.1 | 65 m - 150 m | 23.1 | 17.55 |
| (2001 QJ142) | 2012-Mar-22 | 0.1909 | 74.3 | 55 m - 120 m | 23.4 | 8.46 |
| (2012 EK5) | 2012-Mar-22 | 0.0150 | 5.8 | 20 m - 45 m | 25.6 | 15.42 |
| (2010 FR9) | 2012-Mar-22 | 0.0479 | 18.6 | 16 m - 35 m | 26.1 | 8.66 |
| (2012 EB2) | 2012-Mar-23 | 0.0393 | 15.3 | 34 m - 77 m | 24.4 | 5.82 |
| (2012 BS23) | 2012-Mar-23 | 0.1580 | 61.5 | 140 m - 310 m | 21.4 | 11.05 |
| (2012 DW30) | 2012-Mar-24 | 0.1191 | 46.4 | 76 m - 170 m | 22.7 | 5.02 |
| (2012 EC) | 2012-Mar-24 | 0.1939 | 75.4 | 52 m - 120 m | 23.5 | 2.90 |
| (2012 DO) | 2012-Mar-25 | 0.1061 | 41.3 | 240 m - 540 m | 20.2 | 7.59 |
| 152754 (1999 GS6) | 2012-Mar-26 | 0.1118 | 43.5 | 340 m - 760 m | 19.5 | 11.71 |
| (2011 GB55) | 2012-Mar-27 | 0.1114 | 43.4 | 130 m - 280 m | 21.6 | 16.14 |
| (2002 EW8) | 2012-Mar-28 | 0.1996 | 77.7 | 53 m - 120 m | 23.5 | 13.67 |
| (2012 CA55) | 2012-Mar-30 | 0.0566 | 22.0 | 120 m - 260 m | 21.8 | 9.26 |
| (2008 GD) | 2012-Mar-30 | 0.1687 | 65.6 | 300 m - 670 m | 19.7 | 32.35 |
| (2009 TP) | 2012-Mar-31 | 0.1157 | 45.0 | 52 m - 120 m | 23.5 | 3.72 |
| (2008 CH70) | 2012-Apr-01 | 0.0872 | 33.9 | 34 m - 77 m | 24.4 | 9.06 |
| (2012 EG5) | 2012-Apr-02 | 0.0017 | 0.7 | 40 m - 89 m | 24.1 | 8.24 |
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Source and latest updates:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
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