Alert! - NEO Asteroids Update Again Late SEP2012
Near Earth Objects, asteroids
(2012 SY49) ,
(2012 SJ32) ,
2012 SL50 are due to pull by Earth on 27/28SEP2012 and we can expect a continued increase in meteor activity here on Earth 2-3 days before/after their passing as there will be accompanying debris. Get outside and watch, have your cameras ready and make a capture or witness a meteor.
Best in your viewing - LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan
UPDATED 25SEP2012 - Another NEO just found!
| 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) |
| 333578 (2006 KM103) | 2012-Sep-25 | 0.0626 | 24.4 | 270 m - 600 m | 20.0 | 8.54 |
| (2012 SM8) | 2012-Sep-26 | 0.0376 | 14.6 | 15 m - 33 m | 26.3 | 5.57 |
| 334412 (2002 EZ2) | 2012-Sep-26 | 0.1922 | 74.8 | 270 m - 600 m | 20.0 | 6.76 |
| (2012 QF42) | 2012-Sep-27 | 0.1095 | 42.6 | 130 m - 280 m | 21.6 | 8.67 |
| (2012 SY49) | 2012-Sep-28 | 0.0067 | 2.6 | 19 m - 42 m | 25.7 | 15.84 |
| (2012 SJ32) | 2012-Sep-28 | 0.0297 | 11.6 | 26 m - 59 m | 25.0 | 8.11 |
| (2009 SB170) | 2012-Sep-29 | 0.1789 | 69.6 | 200 m - 440 m | 20.7 | 32.39 |
| (2011 OJ45) | 2012-Sep-29 | 0.1339 | 52.1 | 18 m - 39 m | 25.9 | 4.24 |
| (2012 JS11) | 2012-Sep-30 | 0.0712 | 27.7 | 260 m - 580 m | 20.0 | 12.60 |
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Table Source: NASA/JPL -
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
reposted/ original post 25/09/2012 17:34 Japan Standard Time
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