NEOs CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH FEB 2011 2FEB2011

NEOs CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
FEB 2011(subject to updating) 
33(38) scheduled approaches for FEB2011
13 (18) Discovered JUST in 2011 as of 4FEB2011
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers


*one previously undiscovered 
nearly misses Earth 

(2011 CQ1)

2011-Feb-04

0.0001

0.03

0.99 m - 2.2 m

32.1

9.69

NEWLY found :

(2011 CZ3)

2011-Feb-09

0.0062

2.4

13 m - 28 m

26.6

13.56

(2011 CA7)

2011-Feb-09

0.0007

0.3

2.3 m - 5.1 m

30.4

9.64

(2011 BQ50)

2011-Feb-23

0.0296

11.5

6.4 m - 14 m

28.1

2.40

Object Name	Close Approach Date	Miss Distance (AU)	Miss Distance (LD)	Estimated Diameter*	H (mag)	Relative Velocity (km/s)
(2011 BG10)	2011-Feb-01	0.0273	10.6	14 m - 32 m	26.3	10.87
(2011 BA19)	2011-Feb-01	0.0392	15.3	18 m - 41 m	25.8	14.77
(2008 CM20)	2011-Feb-02	0.1325	51.6	150 m - 330 m	21.3	11.30
(1998 HE3)	2011-Feb-03	0.0973	37.9	120 m - 270 m	21.7	15.17
(2006 SU217)	2011-Feb-03	0.0851	33.1	22 m - 49 m	25.4	3.37
(2011 BE24)	2011-Feb-03	0.0239	9.3	22 m - 48 m	25.5	8.57
(2011 BF24)	2011-Feb-04	0.0312	12.2	16 m - 35 m	26.2	10.22
260277 (2004 TR12)	2011-Feb-04	0.1582	61.6	570 m - 1.3 km	18.3	13.30
153201 (2000 WO107)	2011-Feb-04	0.1462	56.9	390 m - 880 m	19.2	28.19
(2011 BH39)	2011-Feb-06	0.0324	12.6	22 m - 50 m	25.4	14.02
(2004 RD252)	2011-Feb-06	0.1195	46.5	430 m - 960 m	18.9	12.72
(2011 AL24)	2011-Feb-07	0.1662	64.7	93 m - 210 m	22.3	5.11
(2011 BF40)	2011-Feb-09	0.0476	18.5	31 m - 69 m	24.7	19.39
(2011 BV11)	2011-Feb-10	0.0788	30.7	55 m - 120 m	23.4	17.12
(2011 BA)	2011-Feb-10	0.1998	77.8	270 m - 600 m	20.0	18.01
(2011 BV10)	2011-Feb-11	0.0411	16.0	33 m - 74 m	24.5	9.00
(2008 CQ116)	2011-Feb-11	0.0861	33.5	50 m - 110 m	23.6	13.43
(2011 BZ18)	2011-Feb-12	0.1140	44.4	120 m - 270 m	21.7	15.66
(2011 AM16)	2011-Feb-12	0.1940	75.5	93 m - 210 m	22.3	13.13
(2010 CK19)	2011-Feb-13	0.1199	46.6	7.0 m - 16 m	27.9	8.59
(2000 EF104)	2011-Feb-14	0.1834	71.4	450 m - 1.0 km	18.8	13.23
(2009 QH6)	2011-Feb-16	0.0411	16.0	77 m - 170 m	22.7	9.83
(2008 AH33)	2011-Feb-17	0.1223	47.6	370 m - 820 m	19.3	22.96
(2008 BP16)	2011-Feb-17	0.1097	42.7	120 m - 280 m	21.7	21.31
(2010 CN19)	2011-Feb-18	0.1869	72.7	15 m - 33 m	26.3	16.41
253841 (2003 YG118)	2011-Feb-20	0.1739	67.7	1.1 km - 2.4 km	17.0	20.83
(2003 FC5)	2011-Feb-22	0.1440	56.0	600 m - 1.3 km	18.2	11.83
(2007 MR)	2011-Feb-23	0.1826	71.1	110 m - 250 m	21.9	5.99
(2011 AG5)	2011-Feb-26	0.0957	37.2	110 m - 240 m	22.0	7.52
(2004 EK1)	2011-Feb-26	0.0555	21.6	110 m - 250 m	21.9	7.45
(2006 KV89)	2011-Feb-27	0.1639	63.8	150 m - 350 m	21.2	6.67
(2009 PQ1)	2011-Feb-27	0.1205	46.9	83 m - 190 m	22.5	17.40
(2009 FY4)	2011-Feb-28	0.0659	25.7	160 m - 370 m	21.0	15.17

(c) NASA/JPL/CalTech 2011 website for more information: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

CA and TX Meteors Reported 1FEB2011 Meteor/Meteorite News 2FEB2011

Report of California Meteor 5:45am PST 1FEB2011
Feb 2 2011, 3:53 AM

Robert Canales wrote:

Feb 1, 2011 5:45am Highland Ca. whitish.very bright like molten metal.Started from overhead going east.Broke in two before vanishing. Possilbe fireball?
Sounds like one; thank you for your report!

Houston, Texas Meteor Reported 1FEB2011
Feb 2 2011, 1:48 PM

Guest (guest):

Houston clear skies feb 1 2011 between 8:30 --9:30pm green fluorescent lights up sky near memorial 610 loop saw 3x third was brightest never seen color before used to lightning but this even

Macedonia Meteor 1FEB2011? Reported:
Anonymous wrote: 
I live in Macedonia and I'm not sure what exactly I saw but it moved quite slow and had a very long fire tail. My daughter spotted it first and shouted "mom a shooting star". It was about 3pm and light outside. We spotted it 1 February. What could it have been? Not sure what you saw. Do you have airplanes in that area?  If I get any reports from others about meteors I will post. Thank you for you help! Please fill out an official AMS meteor report form: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/form2.php

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Letters from Readers:
Harrisonburg, VA Meteor 30JAN2011
Hi, a friend and I saw a green meteorite (we think?) early Sunday (Jan 30) morning at 12:05-12:10am while walking on campus at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Have you heard of anyone else seeing anything? Thanks!  Kate B.
Kate check here for other`s reports: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-01&end_date=2011-02-31&state=&event_id=&submit=Find+Reports

Anonymous wrote:
I was on Rt 40 east North Carolina between Greensboro and Burlington at 12:04 AM Sunday 1/30/11 Saw large fire ball off to south east. Burned for 2 seconds. really big flash and fire tail. Any one else see it?  Yes, see above post; thanks!


Meteors Reported for 30JAN2011
Jan 31 2011, 9:24 AM

bobnc (guest): 

I think I saw one in Snow camp, NC about 12:05 a.m. on Jan 30,had no tail but bright light going fast then out of site over the trees. Don't know much about meteors,could this be one.

Jan 31 2011, 2:08 PM

Guest239 (guest)wrote: 

8:30 PST, Jan 30 2011, Vernon, British Columbia: meteor in the northern sky heading northeast

Massachusetts Meteor Captured in Cambridge 29JAN2011

Meteor Over Cambridge, MA ~8:29 pm EST 29JAN2011

Photo taken by Brad Kelly 29JAN2011

(c)ALL Rights Reserved Brad Kelly Photography

Massachusetts Meteor Captured in Cambridge, MA- Ghost of Weston 1807?
Photo and Text by Brad Kelly (c) 2011
  I missed the movie I had been planning to see, so instead, I walked around Harvard Square with my camera and tripod taking some photos and I happened to get lucky with the camera in the right place at the right time. One in a million...

Here is a cell phone snapshot of the LCD screen of my "real" Nikon camera showing the photo of the meteor over Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA, at approximately 8:29pm.  I haven't transferred the photo from my camera's memory card yet.  


The photo is a single shot captured with a Nikon D300. It is an 8 second tripod exposure using a 20mm prime lens at f8 aperture. 

Meteorologist Jim Gamble of ELPALLSKY has examined the original photo...

by Jim Gamble, El Paso AllSky
The photograph appears to be authentic/original. Of particular interest regarding authenticity is the fact that three distinct cloud levels are obvious. The cirroform upper deck is at 15-20K ft, the altocumulus is at 6500 to 15K ft. mid level, and scattered stratocumulus lower clouds are below 6500 ft. The meteor appears to become obscured by the lower deck during ablated flight and does not reappear so termination is not visible.

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