Showing posts with label Asteroids 2012. Show all posts
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18 August 2012

Late August 2012 NEOs Close Encounter May Spark Some Meteor Activity

Late August 2012 NEOs Close Encounter May??? Spark Some Meteor Activity

  Some new NEOs have just been discovered.  Nothing very big coming nearby.  With the night sky not being brightly lit by the Moon I expect that researchers will find even more for the end of this month and coming September 2012.  Grab a lawnchair, blanket, bug spray and lay back and watch the show!  As always a dark sky is best.  Keep looking up!
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo, Japan

*Note: Mouse over the NEO Object Names to read more clearly; all are linked to more information from NASA and JPL so click at will!

Additional Update on 26AUG2012
(2012 QZ16) 2012-Aug-300.01797.020 m - 46 m25.613.20


Update (19AUG2012):  Another NEO, (2012 QV2), discovered:
(2012 QV2) 2012-Aug-260.027010.543 m - 96 m24.09.51

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 OP4) 2012-Aug-180.104040.5280 m - 620 m19.922.56
(2008 TC4) 2012-Aug-180.193775.4140 m - 300 m21.517.34
(2012 PD20) 2012-Aug-180.02489.622 m - 50 m25.46.07
(2012 PN6) 2012-Aug-180.145556.693 m - 210 m22.316.04
(2012 PY19) 2012-Aug-180.028211.07.6 m - 17 m27.73.46
(2006 CV) 2012-Aug-200.174467.9290 m - 640 m19.813.24
(2008 QB) 2012-Aug-200.090635.3190 m - 420 m20.830.38
(2012 EC) 2012-Aug-200.081531.756 m - 130 m23.45.57
162421 (2000 ET70) 2012-Aug-210.150358.5670 m - 1.5 km18.012.92
(2007 WU3) 2012-Aug-210.195476.056 m - 120 m23.45.25
(2012 BB14) 2012-Aug-240.123448.027 m - 60 m25.02.58
(2012 FM52) 2012-Aug-250.059923.3510 m - 1.1 km18.617.17
(2012 PP24) 2012-Aug-250.151458.9100 m - 230 m22.14.75
66146 (1998 TU3) 2012-Aug-250.126549.23.0 km - 6.8 km14.716.03
(2009 AV) 2012-Aug-260.161562.8650 m - 1.5 km18.022.51
331769 (2003 BQ35) 2012-Aug-280.158561.7240 m - 530 m20.24.64
(2010 SC) 2012-Aug-280.167965.316 m - 36 m26.19.56
4769 Castalia 2012-Aug-280.113544.21.4 km16.912.06

Just Passed NEOs Activity
RECENT 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 PC20) 2012-Aug-080.183171.3140 m - 320 m21.37.60
(2009 BW2) 2012-Aug-090.033713.125 m - 56 m25.15.27
277475 (2005 WK4) 2012-Aug-090.128349.9270 m - 600 m20.06.18
(2004 SC56) 2012-Aug-090.081131.674 m - 170 m22.810.57
332446 (2008 AF4) 2012-Aug-100.193675.3310 m - 690 m19.716.05
37655 Illapa 2012-Aug-120.095137.0770 m - 1.7 km17.728.73
(2012 PZ17) 2012-Aug-120.00773.012 m - 26 m26.83.56
(2012 HS15) 2012-Aug-140.180470.2200 m - 460 m20.611.54
(2012 PH6) 2012-Aug-160.188073.2160 m - 370 m21.012.19
4581 Asclepius 2012-Aug-160.107942.0220 m - 490 m20.413.48
Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Posted by Lunar Meteorite * Hunter at 4:19 am Labels: , ,

17 May 2012

Alert -Breaking News- Newly Detected NEO to Make Close Pass Towards Earth 17/18MAY2012

Alert -Breaking News- Newly Detected NEO to Make Close Pass Towards Earth 17/18MAY2012 and for the Remainder of May 2012


Near Earth Objects (NEOs) (2012 KA), (2012 JV11), were just detected prior to their close Earth passes. Other close approach NEOs (2012 KW). (2010 KK37), and (2001 CQ36) are also likely to stir some meteor activity. Get outside and see if you can spot some meteor, fireball or bolide activity as other debris will certainly be accompanying them. If you have a security camera or allsky camera have it on!
 If you have a sighting please make a report:
Click here to report a meteor / fireball -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 KA) 2012-May-170.00150.65.1 m - 11 m28.614.50
(2012 HC20) 2012-May-180.123548.0130 m - 300 m21.516.96
(2001 BA16) 2012-May-180.115745.018 m - 41 m25.86.66
(2010 KK37) 2012-May-190.00582.319 m - 43 m25.710.94
4183 Cuno 2012-May-200.121847.43.5 km - 7.8 km14.414.40
(2012 KW) 2012-May-210.00863.413 m - 29 m26.510.14
(2012 JV11) 2012-May-220.01726.741 m - 93 m24.019.52
(2006 KY67) 2012-May-230.149958.368 m - 150 m23.013.88
(2011 KG4) 2012-May-240.121647.367 m - 150 m23.011.50
(2012 HZ33) 2012-May-240.159161.9230 m - 520 m20.312.76
(2002 KM3) 2012-May-240.184571.890 m - 200 m22.415.67
(1994 NK) 2012-May-240.118646.2270 m - 610 m19.96.87
(2012 HL8) 2012-May-250.131651.249 m - 110 m23.76.64
(2012 KX) 2012-May-260.056922.160 m - 130 m23.27.09
154330 (2002 VX94) 2012-May-260.186972.8670 m - 1.5 km18.013.62
(2002 AW) 2012-May-260.192474.9210 m - 460 m20.66.95
(2001 CQ36) 2012-May-300.025810.077 m - 170 m22.75.62
(2002 OA22) 2012-May-310.119746.6360 m - 820 m19.37.01
Table Source: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Posted by Lunar Meteorite * Hunter at 5:44 am Labels: , , , , , , ,

15 March 2012

March 2012 NEOs Updated- More Close to Call Ides 15MAR2012

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-150.048318.827 m - 60 m25.02.10
(2012 EH5) 2012-Mar-150.110543.041 m - 92 m24.08.39
(2012 EN5) 2012-Mar-150.00371.49.6 m - 22 m27.29.90
(2011 YU62) 2012-Mar-160.188573.4830 m - 1.8 km17.517.85
(2010 FN) 2012-Mar-190.143856.013 m - 28 m26.611.18
(2012 BT23) 2012-Mar-200.123948.2420 m - 930 m19.013.11
(2012 DO8) 2012-Mar-200.175668.391 m - 200 m22.37.26
(2012 DH4) 2012-Mar-210.060623.6190 m - 420 m20.715.55
(2011 SY120) 2012-Mar-210.051720.165 m - 150 m23.117.55
(2001 QJ142) 2012-Mar-220.190974.355 m - 120 m23.48.46
(2012 EK5) 2012-Mar-220.01505.820 m - 45 m25.615.42
(2010 FR9) 2012-Mar-220.047918.616 m - 35 m26.18.66
(2012 EB2) 2012-Mar-230.039315.334 m - 77 m24.45.82
(2012 BS23) 2012-Mar-230.158061.5140 m - 310 m21.411.05
(2012 DW30) 2012-Mar-240.119146.476 m - 170 m22.75.02
(2012 EC) 2012-Mar-240.193975.452 m - 120 m23.52.90
(2012 DO) 2012-Mar-250.106141.3240 m - 540 m20.27.59
152754 (1999 GS6) 2012-Mar-260.111843.5340 m - 760 m19.511.71
(2011 GB55) 2012-Mar-270.111443.4130 m - 280 m21.616.14
(2002 EW8) 2012-Mar-280.199677.753 m - 120 m23.513.67
(2012 CA55) 2012-Mar-300.056622.0120 m - 260 m21.89.26
(2008 GD) 2012-Mar-300.168765.6300 m - 670 m19.732.35
(2009 TP) 2012-Mar-310.115745.052 m - 120 m23.53.72
(2008 CH70) 2012-Apr-010.087233.934 m - 77 m24.49.06
(2012 EG5) 2012-Apr-020.00170.740 m - 89 m24.18.24
Source and latest updates: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Posted by Lunar Meteorite * Hunter at 9:43 pm Labels: , , , , ,

23 February 2012

NEOs Close Recent Approach Passed and Present Approach - Meteors, Asteroids and Bolides; Oh! My! 23FEB2012

NEOs Close Recent Approach Passed and Present Approach - Meteors, Asteroids and Bolides; Oh! My! Leap for Leap Year!!! 23FEB2012
Debris from passing NEO asteroids ((2012 DF4), (2012 DX), (2012 DZ), (2011 CP4), (2012 DY), (2012 CS46)) will continue through the end of FEB2012.
Get out and WATCH if you haven`t already been doing so!  Video cameras, security cameras, and Allsky cameras READY?  Get the word out to look up.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter...Tokyo
Leap Year 2012; Lemming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming
"Misconceptions about lemmings go back many centuries. In the 1530s, the geographer Zeigler of Strasbourg proposed the theory that the creatures fell out of the sky during stormy weather (also featured in the folklore of the Inupiat/Yupik at Norton Sound), and then died suddenly when the grass grew in spring.[6] This description was contradicted by the natural historian Ole Worm, who accepted that the lemmings could fall out of the sky but claimed that they had been brought over by the wind rather than created by spontaneous generation. It was Worm who first published dissections of a lemming, which showed that they are anatomically similar to most other rodents, and the work of Carl Linnaeus proved that the animals had a natural origin.[7][8]..."



RECENT 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)
(2002 TZ66) 2012-Feb-180.124748.518 m - 39 m25.95.59
(2012 CR46) 2012-Feb-180.030411.812 m - 27 m26.73.37
162421 (2000 ET70) 2012-Feb-190.045417.7640 m - 1.4 km18.111.54
(2012 CP36) 2012-Feb-200.179669.9120 m - 270 m21.711.45
(2012 CL29) 2012-Feb-200.167565.260 m - 130 m23.24.84
(2012 DF4) 2012-Feb-210.00863.419 m - 42 m25.816.17
(2008 WZ13) 2012-Feb-210.147157.2510 m - 1.1 km18.610.49
(2012 DX) 2012-Feb-210.00502.010 m - 23 m27.110.60
(2012 CR45) 2012-Feb-220.040615.824 m - 53 m25.25.16
(2012 DZ) 2012-Feb-220.00652.516 m - 35 m26.116.46
 * Diameter estimates based on the object's absolute magnitude.

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)
(2011 CP4) 2012-Feb-230.02349.1160 m - 350 m21.230.47
(2012 DY) 2012-Feb-240.02379.213 m - 28 m26.69.37
(2012 BM86) 2012-Feb-240.059923.3110 m - 250 m21.918.39
(2007 RS1) 2012-Feb-240.155860.61.7 m - 3.8 m31.016.01
(2012 BH86) 2012-Feb-250.063724.838 m - 85 m24.29.29
(2012 CO36) 2012-Feb-250.066725.920 m - 45 m25.610.44
(2011 YU74) 2012-Feb-250.031512.369 m - 150 m22.95.13
(2012 CS46) 2012-Feb-250.00712.77.2 m - 16 m27.87.25
(2010 RF12) 2012-Feb-260.095837.35.6 m - 13 m28.48.00
(2008 BX2) 2012-Feb-260.155560.549 m - 110 m23.77.66
(2003 QB30) 2012-Feb-280.189973.914 m - 32 m26.417.69
(2002 QC7) 2012-Feb-280.071427.8280 m - 630 m19.915.17
(2012 BN11) 2012-Feb-290.109242.5190 m - 420 m20.713.00

Original Table Source and updates from NASA/JPL: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!
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