NEO Asteroid 2012 LZ1 Fear Mongering on Internet
NEO asteroid 2012 LZ1 is NOT going to hit the Earth and will not even be visible except by telescope. The internet is buzzing with hype about pending doom. There have been several hundreds of persons searching this website in the past hour for associated information and "pending strike"; relax please... this one is a clear miss!
2012 LZ1 will pass at 14.2 Lunar Distance (LD), this is 14.2 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. It is NOT a close call. The estimated diameter of 2012 LZ1 is 310-690 meters.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo
Great Report about 2012 LZ1
Bright Near-Earth Object 2012 LZ1 We just updated the blog with info and animation of bright neo 2012 LZ1:
http://bit.ly/LD7zFkCiao,
Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Giovanni Sostero
http://remanzacco.blogspot.comhttp://twitter.com/comets77
If you do have a meteor sighting please file a meteor/fireball sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
Website and video that is promoting "scary" and etc:
http://events.slooh.com/
| UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH |
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers
Object
Name | Close
Approach
Date | CA
Distance*
(AU) | CA
Distance*
(LD) | Estimated
Diameter** | H
(mag) | Relative
Velocity
(km/s) |
| (2012 KM11) | 2012-Jun-14 | 0.0943 | 36.7 | 32 m - 70 m | 24.6 | 5.93 |
| (2012 LZ1) | 2012-Jun-14 | 0.0364 | 14.2 | 310 m - 690 m | 19.7 | 16.99 |
| (2012 LP1) | 2012-Jun-15 | 0.0848 | 33.0 | 57 m - 130 m | 23.4 | 11.65 |
| (2012 HN40) | 2012-Jun-15 | 0.1182 | 46.0 | 220 m - 490 m | 20.4 | 13.79 |
| 329395 (2002 AC) | 2012-Jun-16 | 0.1598 | 62.2 | 740 m - 1.7 km | 17.8 | 26.71 |
| 137120 (1999 BJ8) | 2012-Jun-16 | 0.1769 | 68.8 | 670 m - 1.5 km | 18.0 | 14.88 |
| (2011 KR12) | 2012-Jun-19 | 0.1318 | 51.3 | 140 m - 310 m | 21.4 | 10.10 |
| (2004 HB39) | 2012-Jun-20 | 0.1605 | 62.5 | 77 m - 170 m | 22.7 | 8.88 |
| (2012 LF4) | 2012-Jun-20 | 0.0352 | 13.7 | 34 m - 77 m | 24.4 | 7.08 |
| (2008 CE119) | 2012-Jun-21 | 0.1811 | 70.5 | 21 m - 46 m | 25.5 | 3.22 |
| 308242 (2005 GO21) | 2012-Jun-21 | 0.0440 | 17.1 | 1.4 km - 3.1 km | 16.4 | 13.27 |
| (2012 LG4) | 2012-Jun-22 | 0.0526 | 20.5 | 53 m - 120 m | 23.5 | 10.84 |
| (2012 LU) | 2012-Jun-23 | 0.0148 | 5.8 | 27 m - 59 m | 25.0 | 5.52 |
| (2011 AH5) | 2012-Jun-25 | 0.1670 | 65.0 | 17 m - 39 m | 25.9 | 5.84 |
| (2012 FA14) | 2012-Jun-25 | 0.0322 | 12.5 | 75 m - 170 m | 22.7 | 5.28 |
| (2004 YG1) | 2012-Jun-25 | 0.0890 | 34.7 | 140 m - 310 m | 21.4 | 11.34 |
| (2010 AF3) | 2012-Jun-25 | 0.1190 | 46.3 | 16 m - 36 m | 26.1 | 6.54 |
| (2008 YT30) | 2012-Jun-26 | 0.0715 | 27.8 | 370 m - 820 m | 19.3 | 10.70 |
| (2010 NY65) | 2012-Jun-27 | 0.1023 | 39.8 | 120 m - 270 m | 21.7 | 15.09 |
| (2008 WM64) | 2012-Jun-28 | 0.1449 | 56.4 | 200 m - 450 m | 20.6 | 17.31 |
| (2010 CD55) | 2012-Jun-28 | 0.1975 | 76.8 | 64 m - 140 m | 23.1 | 6.33 |
| (2004 CL) | 2012-Jun-30 | 0.1113 | 43.3 | 220 m - 480 m | 20.5 | 20.7 |
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http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
