NEO Asteroids Close Encounter AUG2012
Check back as more NEOs are sure to be discovered yet for this month.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan
Passed Already in AUG2012:
| (2012 DS30) | 2012-Aug-02 | 0.1224 | 47.6 | 18 m - 39 m | 25.9 | 5.39 |
| (2000 RN77) | 2012-Aug-03 | 0.1954 | 76.1 | 370 m - 830 m | 19.3 | 9.87 |
| (2004 SB56) | 2012-Aug-04 | 0.1393 | 54.2 | 380 m - 840 m | 19.2 | 13.72 |
| (2000 SD8) | 2012-Aug-04 | 0.1675 | 65.2 | 180 m - 400 m | 20.9 | 5.82 |
| 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) |
| (2006 EC) | 2012-Aug-06 | 0.0932 | 36.3 | 13 m - 28 m | 26.6 | 6.13 |
| (2006 MV1) | 2012-Aug-07 | 0.0612 | 23.8 | 12 m - 28 m | 26.7 | 4.79 |
| (2012 OO) | 2012-Aug-07 | 0.1102 | 42.9 | 210 m - 480 m | 20.5 | 7.56 |
| (2005 RK3) | 2012-Aug-08 | 0.1843 | 71.7 | 52 m - 120 m | 23.6 | 8.27 |
| (2009 BW2) | 2012-Aug-09 | 0.0337 | 13.1 | 25 m - 56 m | 25.1 | 5.27 |
| 277475 (2005 WK4) | 2012-Aug-09 | 0.1283 | 49.9 | 260 m - 580 m | 20.1 | 6.18 |
| (2004 SC56) | 2012-Aug-09 | 0.0811 | 31.6 | 74 m - 170 m | 22.8 | 10.57 |
| 332446 (2008 AF4) | 2012-Aug-10 | 0.1936 | 75.3 | 310 m - 690 m | 19.7 | 16.05 |
| 37655 Illapa | 2012-Aug-12 | 0.0951 | 37.0 | 770 m - 1.7 km | 17.7 | 28.73 |
| (2012 HS15) | 2012-Aug-14 | 0.1804 | 70.2 | 200 m - 450 m | 20.6 | 11.54 |
| 4581 Asclepius | 2012-Aug-16 | 0.1079 | 42.0 | 220 m - 490 m | 20.4 | 13.48 |
| (2012 OP4) | 2012-Aug-18 | 0.1037 | 40.4 | 310 m - 680 m | 19.7 | 22.50 |
| (2008 TC4) | 2012-Aug-18 | 0.1937 | 75.4 | 140 m - 300 m | 21.5 | 17.34 |
| (2006 CV) | 2012-Aug-20 | 0.1744 | 67.9 | 290 m - 640 m | 19.8 | 13.24 |
| (2012 EC) | 2012-Aug-20 | 0.0815 | 31.7 | 56 m - 130 m | 23.4 | 5.57 |
| 162421 (2000 ET70) | 2012-Aug-21 | 0.1503 | 58.5 | 670 m - 1.5 km | 18.0 | 12.92 |
| (2007 WU3) | 2012-Aug-21 | 0.1954 | 76.0 | 56 m - 120 m | 23.4 | 5.25 |
| (2012 BB14) | 2012-Aug-24 | 0.1234 | 48.0 | 27 m - 60 m | 25.0 | 2.58 |
| (2012 FM52) | 2012-Aug-25 | 0.0599 | 23.3 | 510 m - 1.1 km | 18.6 | 17.17 |
| 66146 (1998 TU3) | 2012-Aug-25 | 0.1265 | 49.2 | 3.0 km - 6.8 km | 14.7 | 16.03 |
| (2009 AV) | 2012-Aug-26 | 0.1615 | 62.8 | 680 m - 1.5 km | 18.0 | 22.51 |
| 331769 (2003 BQ35) | 2012-Aug-28 | 0.1585 | 61.7 | 240 m - 530 m | 20.2 | 4.64 |
| (2010 SC) | 2012-Aug-28 | 0.1679 | 65.3 | 16 m - 36 m | 26.1 | 9.56 |
| 4769 Castalia | 2012-Aug-28 | 0.1135 | 44.2 | 1.4 km | 16.9 | 12.06 |
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Source: NASA:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
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