NEO Close Approaches OCT2012

NEO Close Approaches OCT2012
October 2012 may hold some large fireball excitement for us to see.  The NEO Close Approach Table below will certainly be changed several times in the coming month.  Clear skies and awaken eyes.  Get outside and watch the night show!   Be sure to report your meteor sightings to this website; thank you!
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

UPDATED 21OCT2012

(2012 US18)

2012-Oct-22

0.0042

1.6

5.0 m - 11 m

28.6

10.00

UPDATED 19OCT2012

(2012 UW9)

2012-Oct-29

0.0242

9.4

19 m - 43 m

25.7

9.85

UPDATED 18OCT2012

(2012 TP231)

2012-Oct-22

0.0149

5.8

28 m - 64 m

24.9

7.31

(2012 UE)

2012-Oct-19

0.0052

2.0

5.5 m - 12 m

28.4

13.51

UPDATED 11OCT2012

(2012 TD79)

2012-Oct-18

0.0185

7.2

34 m - 76 m

24.5

14.69

(2012 TE79)

2012-Oct-17

0.0147

5.7

12 m - 26 m

26.8

9.61

UPDATE 10OCT2012

(2012 TQ20)

2012-Oct-15

0.0278

10.8

10 m - 23 m

27.1

8.23

UPDATE 08OCT2012

(2012 TC4)

2012-Oct-12

0.0006

0.2

14 m - 30 m

26.5

7.14

UPDATE 06OCT2012:

(2012 TV)

2012-Oct-07

0.0017

0.7

25 m - 56 m

25.1

16.80

UPDATE 05OCT2012

(2012 TJ53)

2012-Oct-06

0.0079

3.1

15 m - 33 m

26.3

14.00

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 SJ58)  2012-Oct-03 0.0152 5.9 14 m - 31 m 26.4 10.64 (2012 SG58)  2012-Oct-03 0.0317 12.3 61 m - 140 m 23.2 16.37 (2012 RH10)  2012-Oct-03 0.1260 49.0 98 m - 220 m 22.2 12.90 137032 (1998 UO1)  2012-Oct-04 0.1545 60.1 1.3 km - 2.9 km 16.6 32.90 (2012 GV11)  2012-Oct-05 0.1830 71.2 100 m - 230 m 22.1 6.96 (2009 XZ1)  2012-Oct-05 0.1382 53.8 120 m - 280 m 21.6 16.87 (2006 TD)  2012-Oct-06 0.1746 68.0 88 m - 200 m 22.4 13.03 (2009 TK)  2012-Oct-06 0.0450 17.5 100 m - 230 m 22.1 11.10 (2004 UB)  2012-Oct-08 0.1995 77.6 240 m - 530 m 20.3 14.65 (2012 QE50)  2012-Oct-09 0.0809 31.5 450 m - 1.0 km 18.9 11.46 277830 (2006 HR29)  2012-Oct-11 0.1917 74.6 190 m - 440 m 20.7 7.88 (2008 BW2)  2012-Oct-11 0.1678 65.3 3.1 m - 6.8 m 29.7 11.10 (2005 GQ21)  2012-Oct-12 0.1980 77.0 630 m - 1.4 km 18.1 23.86 (2012 GV17)  2012-Oct-12 0.1500 58.4 160 m - 370 m 21.0 16.11 256004 (2006 UP)  2012-Oct-14 0.1374 53.5 65 m - 140 m 23.1 3.06 (1994 EK)  2012-Oct-14 0.1356 52.8 230 m - 520 m 20.3 12.22 (2005 ST1)  2012-Oct-14 0.1319 51.3 240 m - 530 m 20.3 12.88 (2011 OB57)  2012-Oct-14 0.1553 60.4 17 m - 37 m 26.0 4.95 (2012 KB4)  2012-Oct-14 0.1271 49.4 22 m - 49 m 25.4 4.98 (2004 RX10)  2012-Oct-15 0.0818 31.9 150 m - 340 m 21.2 11.86 (2012 PA20)  2012-Oct-15 0.1502 58.5 100 m - 230 m 22.1 10.36 (2006 WV1)  2012-Oct-15 0.0910 35.4 17 m - 39 m 25.9 6.15 (2012 LA)  2012-Oct-16 0.0449 17.5 8.3 m - 19 m 27.5 1.86 329275 (1999 VP6)  2012-Oct-17 0.1766 68.7 300 m - 670 m 19.8 7.15 136993 (1998 ST49)  2012-Oct-18 0.0737 28.7 790 m - 1.8 km 17.6 16.63 (2012 RV16)  2012-Oct-18 0.1269 49.4 310 m - 700 m 19.6 16.13 (2002 TR190)  2012-Oct-19 0.1712 66.6 430 m - 960 m 19.0 13.58 (1998 XX2)  2012-Oct-20 0.1356 52.8 290 m - 650 m 19.8 10.62 (2003 UC5)  2012-Oct-21 0.1750 68.1 260 m - 580 m 20.1 35.80 (2008 CT1)  2012-Oct-22 0.0674 26.2 8.2 m - 18 m 27.6 15.82 (2008 GD110)  2012-Oct-23 0.1482 57.7 33 m - 75 m 24.5 5.20 (1992 JD)  2012-Oct-24 0.1946 75.7 26 m - 59 m 25.0 8.29 (2005 VK1)  2012-Oct-26 0.1461 56.9 84 m - 190 m 22.5 14.87 162004 (1991 VE)  2012-Oct-26 0.0874 34.0 660 m - 1.5 km 18.0 19.17 (2000 UR16)  2012-Oct-28 0.1661 64.7 56 m - 130 m 23.4 19.33 329338 (2001 JW2)  2012-Oct-28 0.1037 40.4 450 m - 1.0 km 18.9 13.22 (2000 EA14)  2012-Oct-29 0.0996 38.7 170 m - 380 m 21.0 4.89 68216 (2001 CV26)  2012-Oct-30 0.1746 68.0 1.5 km - 3.3 km 16.3 10.72 (2009 UQ5)  2012-Oct-30 0.1302 50.7 35 m - 78 m 24.4 5.34

Table Source NASA/JPL: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!
updated 19OCT2012
reposted 15OCT2012
updated 11/OCT/2012
reposted 10/10/2012 00:47Japan Standard Time
reposted 07/10/2012 00:47Japan Standard Time
reposted 07OCT2012
original post 02/10/2012 00:47 Japan Standard Time

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11SEP2012

NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students
The competition is open to students under age 18 from anywhere in the
world. Each contestant can submit one name, up to 16 characters long.
Entries must include a short explanation and rationale for the name.
Submissions must be made by an adult on behalf of the student. The
contest deadline is Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. . ...(more)
To review contest rules and guidelines, visit:
http://planetary.org/name
To see a video explanation about the contest, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/name-asteroid.html
For information about the OSIRIS-REx mission, visit:
http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu

Dawn has Departed the Giant Asteroid Vesta
PASADENA, Calif. -- Mission controllers received confirmation today that NASA's Dawn spacecraft has escaped from the gentle gravitational grip of the giant asteroid Vesta. Dawn is now officially on its way to its second destination, the dwarf planet Ceres...
The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-277&cid=release_2012-277

Meteoroids Change Atmospheres of Earth, Mars, Venus
Meteoroids streaking through the atmospheres of planets such as Earth,
Mars and Venus can change these worlds' air, in ways that researchers
are just now beginning to understand....
http://www.space.com/17440-meteoroids-mars-venus-atmospheres.html

Viewing Alert: Jupiter May Have Been Impacted by a Fireball
Universe Today
She reports there has been a visual sighting of an apparent fireball on Jupiter earlier today (about 10 hours ago, as of this posting) so the impact site should be visible again over the next few hours. According to amateur astronomers discussing this ...

Fireball on Jupiter after new cosmic impact
Skymania News
Jupiter is exciting astronomers again after yet another impact produced a brilliant flare in its atmosphere yesterday. The fireball, observed by a visual observer and then confirmed on video, was probably produced by a small asteroid or comet and may ...

The Watchers - Jupiter hit by a fireball
From astronomer Heidi Hammel of the Space Science Institute comes news about a potential new impact on Jupiter. There has been a visual sighting of an ...
thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/09/.../jupiter-impacted-fireball...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07-10SEP2012
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Breaking News - NOW 4 Asteroid NEO CLOSE CALLS! 28-31MAY2012

UPDATED! 4 NEO Asteroids Close Calls!!! 28-31MAY2012

Be ready with eyes and video cameras to capture increased meteor/fireball activity 2-3 days prior and 2-3 days after this passing.  Please get the word out by posting a link to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, your favorite forum, or website; thank you:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ 
If you have a sighting of a meteor/fireball please make a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html 
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Tokyo, Japan

UPDATED!  NOW 4 CLOSE CALLS! (updated 28MAY2012)

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 KP24)  2012-May-28 0.0004 0.1 15 m - 33 m 26.3 13.27 (2012 KT42)  2012-May-29 0.0001 0.05 4.6 m - 10 m 28.8 17.03 (2001 CQ36)  2012-May-30 0.0258 10.0 77 m - 170 m 22.7 5.62 (2002 OA22)  2012-May-31 0.1197 46.6 370 m - 820 m 19.3 7.01 (2012 KZ41)  2012-May-31 0.0208 8.1 27 m - 61 m 24.9 12.38

Table source: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 8NOV2011 - NASA Captures New Photo of 2005 YU55

Radar image of Asteroid 2005 YU55 as it passes near Earth 7NOV2011
credit: NASA/JPL/CalTech

NASA CAPTURES NEW IMAGES OF LARGE ASTEROID PASSING EARTH
PASADENA -- NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has 
captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. The asteroid safely will fly past our planet slightly closer than the moon's orbit on Nov. 8. The last time a space rock this large came as close to Earth was in 1976, although astronomers did not know about the flyby at the time. The next known approach of an asteroid this size will be in 2028. 
The image was taken on Nov. 7 at 11:45 a.m. PST, when the asteroid was approximately 860,000 miles (1.38 million kilometers) away from Earth. Tracking of the aircraft carrier-sized asteroid began at Goldstone at 9:30 a.m. PDT on Nov. 4 with the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) ntenna and lasted about two hours, with an additional four hours of tracking planned each day from Nov. 6 - 10. Radar observations from the Arecibo Planetary Radar Facility in Puerto 
Rico will begin Nov. 8, the same day the asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at 3:28 p.m. PST. The trajectory of asteroid 2005 YU55 is well understood. At the point 
of closest approach, it will be no closer than 201,700 miles (324,600 kilometers) as measured from the center of Earth, or about 0.85 times the distance from the moon to Earth. The gravitational influence of the asteroid will have no detectable effect on Earth, including tides and tectonic plates. Although the asteroid is in an orbit that regularly brings it to the vicinity of Earth, Venus and Mars, the 2011 encounter with Earth is the closest it has come for at least the last 200 years. NASA detects, tracks and characterizes asteroids and comets passing close to Earth using both ground- and space-based telescopes. The 
Near-Earth Object Observations Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., commonly called "Spaceguard," discovers these objects, characterizes some of them, and plots their orbits to determine if any could be potentially hazardous to our planet. JPL manages the Near-Earth Object Program Office for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The new radar images are online at: 
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/multimedia/yu55-20111107.html 
For more information about asteroids and near-Earth objects, visit: 
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch
More information about asteroid radar research is available online at: 
http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/
For more information about NASA's Deep Space Network, visit: 
http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn
NASA press release RELEASE: 11-375 7NOV2011

Worldwide Meteor Alert 6NOV-17NOV2011

Worldwide Meteor Alert 6NOV-17NOV2011! Observers, Cameras be out and watching:
Worldwide - but especially -Australia, Canada, UK, and US should expect some large bolides, fireballs. and meteors for the next 7-10 days. Other regions of interest include Europe, the Middle East and South Africa.  India and Indonesia with several billions of eyes would certainly be helpful. China because it does not seem to have outside internet access  will not be of much use for reporting. If you sight a meteor please email a sighting report. LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com  Thank you!
LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo


THERE IS NO EXPECTED DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE POSSIBLE UPCOMING  EVENTS.


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We need YOUR meteor sighting report (please read prior to watching for meteors so that you are aware of things to observe; thank you in advance:
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!

NEO Meteor Fireball Forecast- Close NEO Approach to Bring Large Green Fireballs 15OCT2011

IMPORTANT UPDATE 17OCT2011 21:00 JST, Tokyo: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/10/breaking-news-neo-asteroid-2011-ub-just.html


NEO Meteor Fireball Forecast - Close NEO Approach to Bring Large Green Fireballs 15OCT2011
  A close approach by NEO Asteroid 2009 TM8 and its accompanying debris will bring us some large green fireball meteors just prior to and just after the 17OCT2011 (2-3 days prior/after). There is no danger of 2009 TM8 itself striking the Earth. Have your cameras ready and get out to watch the sky.  I am also expecting that there will be more NEOs discovered to pass towards the end of the month. Check back as I will posted sightings as they are reported.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo, Japan
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COMING 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) (1990 UA)  2011-Oct-15 0.0845 32.9 400 m 19.6 16.64 (2011 TA4)  2011-Oct-16 0.1345 52.3 190 m - 430 m 20.7 12.97 (2011 TX8)  2011-Oct-16 0.1868 72.7 110 m - 260 m 21.8 17.21 (2009 TM8)  2011-Oct-17 0.0023 0.9 5.1 m - 11 m 28.6 8.18 (2007 SV1)  2011-Oct-17 0.1772 68.9 31 m - 68 m 24.7 13.28 (2009 UC)  2011-Oct-18 0.0571 22.2 13 m - 29 m 26.6 12.96 (2011 SH189)  2011-Oct-18 0.1145 44.5 44 m - 97 m 23.9 3.03 297300 (1998 SC15)  2011-Oct-18 0.1215 47.3 320 m 19.2 16.79 (2011 SO32)  2011-Oct-20 0.0837 32.6 170 m - 380 m 21.0 12.96 (2011 SL189)  2011-Oct-20 0.0742 28.9 28 m - 63 m 24.9 8.40 (2001 UP)  2011-Oct-21 0.1149 44.7 20 m - 44 m 25.7 11.55 (2011 SJ16)  2011-Oct-21 0.1235 48.1 420 m - 950 m 19.0 24.96 (2011 SM68)  2011-Oct-22 0.0934 36.4 320 m - 720 m 19.6 20.46 (2011 SJ189)  2011-Oct-22 0.1731 67.4 79 m - 180 m 22.6 4.03 (2003 FH)  2011-Oct-24 0.0653 25.4 450 m - 1.0 km 18.9 22.79 (2011 SP70)  2011-Oct-24 0.1422 55.3 75 m - 170 m 22.7 12.45 (2006 SP19)  2011-Oct-26 0.0906 35.3 33 m - 74 m 24.5 10.06 (1993 VD)  2011-Oct-26 0.0902 35.1 120 m - 280 m 21.7 19.58 (2005 CJ)  2011-Oct-27 0.0818 31.9 240 m - 540 m 20.2 9.88 (2011 LC19)  2011-Oct-29 0.0580 22.6 540 m - 1.2 km 18.5 14.54 (2010 VU98)  2011-Oct-31 0.0462 18.0 30 m - 68 m 24.7 10.22

For original data and the most up-to-date information concerning NEOs:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 Year of Meteors!

ALERT Updated 27SEP2011 --NEOs Close Approach Prompts Green Meteor Alert

UPDATED! NEOs Close Approach Prompts Green Meteor Alert
- originally posted 21SEP2011
An increase of meteors and fireballs is forecasted for just prior to and just after 22SEP2011
and 29SEP2011.  Material debris traveling with (2007 TD), (2011 SO5) and yet undetetected astroidal debris will produce some nice fireballs within the next nine days.  Get the word out and have your cameras ready.  Thank you. LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo


Updated 25SEP2011!!!
Another NEO, 2011 SE58, has just been discovered.  It will pass the Earth on 27SEP2011.  I expect related meteor activity accompanying prior to or just after the 27th.
Get the word out by posting links to this website on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and your favorite forums; thank you!
READY?  SKYWATCHERS!


Latest Update!!!! Cameras Ready? Watchers Ready? Tonight!
Today 27SEP2011  asteroid 2011 SE68 will make a close approach to Earth. Although smaller (7.9-18m dia,), 2011 SE58 has a Lunar Distance (LD) of 0.6  which is even less than asteroid 2005 YU55 with an LD of 0.8 (close approach on Nov. 8, 2011). 

(2011 SE58)

2011-Sep-27

0.0016

0.6

7.9 m - 18 m

27.6

15.85

YET another NEO has just been discovered! Asteroid 2011 SC108 with an LD of 1.2 (7.1-16m dia.) will also pass on 27SEP2011!

(2011 SC108)

2011-Sep-27

0.0032

1.2

7.1 m - 16 m

27.9

20.67

 and still another!

(2011 SM173)

2011-Sep-30

0.0019

0.8

7.4 m - 17 m

27.8

12.71

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) (2009 UR5)  2011-Sep-20 0.0842 32.8 19 m - 43 m 25.7 9.42 (2007 TD)  2011-Sep-22 0.0160 6.2 36 m - 79 m 24.4 12.11 (2011 SR5)  2011-Sep-25 0.0591 23.0 220 m - 490 m 20.4 25.40 (2000 SP43)  2011-Sep-26 0.1392 54.2 560 m - 1.2 km 18.4 10.67 (2009 SH2)  2011-Sep-28 0.0770 30.0 28 m - 62 m 24.9 5.79 (2011 SQ5)  2011-Sep-29 0.0377 14.7 13 m - 30 m 26.5 6.26 (2011 SO5)  2011-Sep-29 0.0143 5.6 22 m - 48 m 25.5 12.08

For the most up-to-date NEOs information

Source of Data NASA/JPL
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

We need your sighting reports so please include:
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 
2011 The Year of Meteors!