UPDATED! 4 NEO Asteroids Close Calls!!! 28-31MAY2012
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| Source: NASA/JPL |
Be ready with eyes and video cameras to capture increased meteor/fireball activity 2-3 days prior and 2-3 days after this passing. Please get the word out by posting a link to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, your favorite forum, or website; thank you:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
If you have a sighting of a meteor/fireball please make a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Tokyo, Japan
UPDATED! NOW 4 CLOSE CALLS! (28MAY2012)
There were 5! NASA just update their site after the fact.(30MAY2012)
| 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 KP24) | 2012-May-28 | 0.0004 | 0.1 | 15 m - 33 m | 26.3 | 13.27 |
| (2012 KT42) | 2012-May-29 | 0.0001 | 0.05 | 4.6 m - 10 m | 28.8 | 17.03 |
| (2001 CQ36) | 2012-May-30 | 0.0258 | 10.0 | 77 m - 170 m | 22.7 | 5.62 |
| (2002 OA22) | 2012-May-31 | 0.1197 | 46.6 | 370 m - 820 m | 19.3 | 7.01 |
| (2012 KZ41) | 2012-May-31 | 0.0208 | 8.1 | 27 m - 61 m | 24.9 | 12.38 |
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previously posted
| 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 KO11) | 2012-May-25 | 0.0731 | 28.4 | 30 m - 66 m | 24.8 | 8.88 |
| (2012 HL8) | 2012-May-25 | 0.1316 | 51.2 | 49 m - 110 m | 23.7 | 6.64 |
| (2012 KD6) | 2012-May-25 | 0.0335 | 13.0 | 52 m - 120 m | 23.5 | 10.47 |
| (2012 KX) | 2012-May-26 | 0.0566 | 22.0 | 59 m - 130 m | 23.3 | 7.07 |
| 154330 (2002 VX94) | 2012-May-26 | 0.1869 | 72.8 | 670 m - 1.5 km | 18.0 | 13.62 |
| (2012 KF25) | 2012-May-26 | 0.0291 | 11.3 | 23 m - 52 m | 25.3 | 8.61 |
| (2002 AW) | 2012-May-26 | 0.1924 | 74.9 | 210 m - 460 m | 20.6 | 6.95 |
| (2012 KB4) | 2012-May-27 | 0.0904 | 35.2 | 22 m - 49 m | 25.4 | 3.44 |
| (2012 KP24) | 2012-May-28 | 0.0004 | 0.1 | 16 m - 36 m | 26.1 | 13.33 |
| (2001 CQ36) | 2012-May-30 | 0.0258 | 10.0 | 77 m - 170 m | 22.7 | 5.62 |
| (2002 OA22) | 2012-May-31 | 0.1197 | 46.6 | 360 m - 820 m | 19.3 | 7.01 |
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Table source:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
