NEO (2012 JU) to Make Close Approach to Earth 13MAY2012 be Ready for Some Increased Meteor Activity!
May 13 asteroid NEO 2012 JU will pass at approximately one-half Lunar Distance (LD) to Earth and other detected NEOs (Near Earth Objects) 2010 KK37 on 19MAY2012 and 2001 CQ36 on 30MAY2012 will safely pass Earth this month; all known NEOs remaining for May 2012 are shown below in the NASA table (with links to their orbits, etc).. Be ready to view the night sky with eyes and cameras to witness the other debris that may be accompanying. If you have a meteor/fireball/bolide sighting report please let us know by filing a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
Keep looking skyward! -LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Dirk Ross...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) |
| 141432 (2002 CQ11) | 2012-May-12 | 0.1022 | 39.8 | 280 m - 630 m | 19.9 | 16.26 |
| (2008 CB6) | 2012-May-13 | 0.1103 | 42.9 | 10 m - 23 m | 27.1 | 10.85 |
| (2012 JU) | 2012-May-13 | 0.0014 | 0.5 | 7.7 m - 17 m | 27.7 | 13.39 |
| (2010 SO16) | 2012-May-13 | 0.1423 | 55.4 | 200 m - 460 m | 20.6 | 9.53 |
| (2001 QN142) | 2012-May-15 | 0.1915 | 74.5 | 140 m - 310 m | 21.4 | 13.43 |
| (2012 GK) | 2012-May-15 | 0.0564 | 22.0 | 89 m - 200 m | 22.4 | 8.28 |
| (2011 KY15) | 2012-May-15 | 0.1586 | 61.7 | 41 m - 93 m | 24.0 | 17.61 |
| (2012 HN13) | 2012-May-15 | 0.0823 | 32.0 | 73 m - 160 m | 22.8 | 8.02 |
| (2012 HC20) | 2012-May-18 | 0.1235 | 48.0 | 130 m - 300 m | 21.5 | 16.96 |
| (2001 BA16) | 2012-May-18 | 0.1157 | 45.0 | 18 m - 41 m | 25.8 | 6.66 |
| (2010 KK37) | 2012-May-19 | 0.0058 | 2.3 | 19 m - 43 m | 25.7 | 10.94 |
| 4183 Cuno | 2012-May-20 | 0.1218 | 47.4 | 3.5 km - 7.8 km | 14.4 | 14.40 |
| (2006 KY67) | 2012-May-23 | 0.1499 | 58.3 | 68 m - 150 m | 23.0 | 13.88 |
| (2011 KG4) | 2012-May-24 | 0.1216 | 47.3 | 67 m - 150 m | 23.0 | 11.50 |
| (2012 HZ33) | 2012-May-24 | 0.1590 | 61.9 | 240 m - 530 m | 20.3 | 12.75 |
| (2002 KM3) | 2012-May-24 | 0.1845 | 71.8 | 90 m - 200 m | 22.4 | 15.67 |
| (1994 NK) | 2012-May-24 | 0.1186 | 46.2 | 270 m - 610 m | 19.9 | 6.87 |
| (2012 HL8) | 2012-May-25 | 0.1316 | 51.2 | 49 m - 110 m | 23.7 | 6.64 |
| 154330 (2002 VX94) | 2012-May-26 | 0.1869 | 72.8 | 670 m - 1.5 km | 18.0 | 13.62 |
| (2002 AW) | 2012-May-26 | 0.1924 | 74.9 | 210 m - 460 m | 20.6 | 6.95 |
| (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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Source NASA/JPL/CalTech:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
