Meteor/Meteorite News 3MAY2011

Green fireball reported over Lafayette, Indiana
Examiner.com
On the same date, we also covered: Green fireball reported over Jacksonville, Florida. The greenfireball sighting has been seen in many parts of the US over the past few years - and may be Mother Nature. We also personally watched one of these: UFO ...


Meteor hunter finds something more
KXO Radio
They say a man was Meteor Hunting when he found the bones. He reported his find to law enforcement officials. Chief Deputy Coroner Garcia says the remains will be turned over to anthropologists. They will determine the sex of the deceased and possible ...


The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23APR2011 | Portal to ...
Huffington PostAccording to EarthSky, April's annual meteor shower brings bright streaks trailing across the sky at around 10-20 meteors per minute when at ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/108597/


Meteor Activity Outlook for April 30 – May 6, 2011 « The Transient ...
The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford's excellent weekly summary of meteoractivity. The original version can be found at the American ...
transientsky.wordpress.com/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-apr...


Meteors from Halley's Comet - NASA Science
eta Aquarids (meteor, 550px). A NASA fireball camera at the Marshall Space ... On May 5, NASAmeteor experts will host an afternoon live Web chat from 2-3 ...
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/.../27apr_eta/


Watch this week: Well see meteors from Halleys Comet
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
A “mild but beautiful meteor shower” called the eta Aquarids. If you want to witness the show, NASA's advice is to be awake in the early morning hours this Friday. You'll also want to get as far away from city lights as you can. ...


Fireball confirmed Friday night with more trails of fire in the sky this week ...
Florida Times-Union (blog)
The bluish-white streak of light with a green tail and red fragments was a fireball or bolide which raced east in about 8 seconds. Here is a file picture of what a bolide actually looks like. It lit the sky up and was much brighter than last month's ...


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By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
美国 隕石 Breaking News- MA NY NJ CT PA ME VT MD Large Meteor Fireball 30APR2011 . 美国 隕石 Breaking News- Seen in at least EIGHT US states and probably Canada! MA NY NJ CT PA ME VT MD Large Meteor Fireball ~9:01 pm 30APR2011 ...
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UFO.Guayaramerin.Bolivie.Meteor Shower.28.04.2011.
3 min
UFO.Guayaramerin.Bolivie.Meteor Shower.28.04.2011.
dailymotion.com (Appears to be faked footage)


MetEor crashes over Guayaramerin Bolivia April 28, 2011 ...
By realufos
MetEor crashes over Guayaramerin Bolivia April 28, 2011 ? Meteor Shower over Guayaramerin April 28 Bolivia sparked ufo concerns from locals as the debris broke up into the atmosphere. Some people believe it may be comet 2011 HJ passing ... (faked footage and story)


More Nonsense about Sodom and Gomorrah « New at LacusCurtius & Livius
By Jona Lendering
They have written a book called A Sumerian Observation of the Köfels' Impact Event, in which they argue that a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum contains a description of a Sumerian observation of a very large meteor – actually ...


美国 隕石 Breaking News MA NY CT PA ME Large Meteor Fireball ...
Your one stop news portal for all things astronomy. Portal To The Universe provides a global portal for online astronomy content, serving as an index and ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/110671/


Huge Fireball Rises Up From Farmer's Field
UFODigest
Four Illinois witnesses report watching "a huge fireball" rise up from nearby farm land, climb into the sky, and head northwest into a dark and cloudy sky on April 29, 2011, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting ...


The Early Morning Show – Eta Aquarid Meteor Showers While The ...
By Tammy Plotner
Are you ready for the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower? While the peak activity will be on the night of May 5/6, the offspring of Comet Halley are already beginning to make their appearance known. No matter where you live or.
Universe Today - http://www.universetoday.com/


Green fireball reported over Jacksonville, Florida
Examiner.com
A Jacksonville, FL, witness reports watching a "green fireball fall down to Earth" at 10:05 pm on April 29, 2011, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database. "I was jogging toward the north when, in the corner ...


Book Review: The Ice Trilogy, by Vladimir Sorokin
National Post (blog)
By Vladimir Sorokin In the early morning of June 30, 1908, a meteor or comet exploded in the skies above the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, knocking over some 80 million trees in a blast whose size was akin to that of the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb, ...


Meteor Pieces For Sale On eBay
WISN Milwaukee
People can now own a piece of the meteorite that landed in southern Wisconsin last year. Scientists John Valley and Noriko Kita of the University of Wisconsin Atmospheric and Oceanic Services said the meteorite dates back about 470 million years. ...


Asteroid impacts in Antarctica
Cosmos
As far back as 1976, Weihaupt found a large region of low gravity in Antarctica's Victoria Land that he believes to be a meteor impact crater, at least 243 km across - about three times as wide as America's Chesapeake Bay, also believed to have been


Bacteria seen surviving 'hypergravity'
UPI.com
Scientists at the Japan Agency of Marine-Earth Science say their findings suggest alien life could survive extreme conditions such as the high G-forces created during meteorite impacts and ejections, making the transfer of primitive life from meteors ...

Michigan Meteor 1MAY2011

Michigan Meteor ~2:00 am 1MAY2011
May 1st at 2:00 a.m.
2:21 a.m. Orange Light flashes across the sky at 30degree angle. Over Michigan united states. Meteor? Ha anyone else seen this?  - Cody

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2011 is the "Year of Green Fireballs"!

California large meteor fireball at 0442 1MAY2011

California large meteor fireball  at 0442 on 5-1-11
Guest469 (guest): Centeral; California at 0442 on 5-1-11 large fire ball headed south west

Italy Meteor Fireball 29APR2011

Italy fireball 20110429_0157551 Fri April 29, 2011 8:54 am
Beautiful fireball tangent! 

Observer: copyright - Diego Valeri (IMTN)

And from Abruzzo, but there was no NTP synchronization, the server down for the reference (± 10 s):

Observer: copyright - Diego Valeri (IMTN)

Original Post in Italian and for more discussion:http://meteore.forumattivo.com/t1786-fireball-20110429_0157551_tu

Best Regards
Ferruccio Zanotti

Whitehorse, Yukon Canada Meteor 30APR2011

Whitehorse, Yukon Canada April 30 1:00 a.m Meteor seen in Northern Canada
I just wanted to let you know this meteor was seen in Whitehorse, Yukon. We are located beside Alaska. My son was out with his friends late that night on a sand dune and they described it as a large, flourescent bluish whiteish ball with a lot of debris trailing behind it. I can't believe something like this was large enough to be seen from such far distances! They did not hear any sonic boom, but a swooshing static noise.
Marie Langenhan  Thank you Marie!


Whitehorse,Yukon at app 1-1:30 a.m. early morn on April 30/11
This Meteor was also seen in Whitehorse,Yukon at app 1-1:30 a.m. early morn on April 30/11. It was very large and a bright flourescent white and blueish color, with a trail of debris falling behind it. It also changed colors as it fell. There was a quiet static noise heard like a swoosh. My son was with his friends high on a sand dune when he saw it. I can't believe this was seen from such far distances as we are just beside Alaska in Canada. -Anon.

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Arizona Nevada Colorado Utah Meteor 30APR2011

Maricopa, Arizona Meteor ~8:00 pm 30APR2011
I am on vacation in Maricopa Arizona. Last night my friend and I were headed north on the 347 highway and we saw a large fireball coming from east to west. (It was after 8:00 pm) It appeared to be about 10 miles northwest of Maricopa. I was wondering if anyone else saw it?
Barbara R


Clarkdale AZ. approximately 8pm
Guest213 (guest): Not sure what I saw last but here goes. it was approximately 8pm in Clarkdale AZ. I saw a large blueish and redish streak across the night sky long tail very bright a large.

Cortez, Colorado 
yeah my dad saw it too. he said it was moving pretty slow and looked like a huge fireball. we saw it from our house in Cortez, Colorado though, which is a ways away from where you saw it.

Mesquite Nv Just after 8pm 
Guest243 (guest):Last night, 30 Apr.2011, I was driving northeast on I-15 near Mesquite Nv..Just after 8pm I saw a very bright white steak comming from east to west. There was a very bright white flash followed by a white ball with red flame trailing, of course this is from my perspective. It was all over in 2 seconds. Wayne Handsaker-Smith

I-40 in Arizona
i was driving I-40 in Arizona heading East and saw crazy big fireball in the sky today few hours ago. i wonder what it was... if you guys know please let me know. -sunrisecycles 

Flagstaff, AZ
I was in Flagstaff, AZ in the woods outside my cabin, at about 8:30 pm on April 30. It was quite cold and clear. The entire landscape suddenly lit up as if there were a very bright search light illuminating everything around me. It seemed the brilliance of ten full moons on a clear night. I turned to the northeast and saw the bightest blue-white-green meteorite I have ever seen. It was intially a large ball of light as it moved to the north/northeast, dissipating as it traveled and then faded out. It was truly spectacular. I shouted out loud in spite of myself for the magnificence of it. A real wonderment.
Tom Phalen

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different event-

Utah 9:15 PM MST
I saw it in Utah at 9:15 PM MST. It came from the Northeast heading Southwest. It abruptly turned South and then burned out. It was clearly on fire and gradually burned out to nothing.

St. George, Ut 9:25 pm MST 30APR2011

Hi I live in St. George, Ut on the Southwest corner of Utah. At about 9:25 pm MST I was heading east and saw a very bright fireball come from the south to the north. It lasted about 8 sec.
Has anyone else repoted this?

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different event?
North of Phoenix,AZ ~10:00 pm 30APR2011
Guest707 (guest): Di anyone see a very bright falling star April 30th,about 10:00p.m.? It was seen North of Phoenix,AZ-went almost the full length of the sky,very bright,maybe a red glow before it disappeared.

SW Scotland Several Meteors 1MAY2011

Maybole, Scotland Several Meteors 11:15 pm 1MAY2011
I am in South West Scotland, 8 miles SE of Maybole. Between 11.15pm on 01/05/2011 and 00.10 02/05/2011 my partner and I saw several meteors in the South West sky moving from south east towards north west. One travelled in the opposite direction. Our time zone is GMT +1. 

-Billy Halliday

Omaha, Nebraska Meteor 1MAY2011

Omaha, Nebraska Meteor 1MAY2011
omaha ne saw a large ball of fire shooting across the sky right below the big dipper...unsure what it was but bigger than a shooting star. Any info would be great 


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MA NY NJ CT PA ME VT MD Quebec, Canada Large Meteor Fireball 30APR2011

美国 隕石 Breaking News- Seen in at least EIGHT US states and Canada!

NE USA / Canada Meteor 30APR2011 Sighting Locations

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MA NY NJ CT PA ME VT MD Quebec, Canada Large Meteor Fireball ~9:01 pm 30APR2011

Cromwell, CT 9:00 pm Fireball 30APR2011(c) 2011 Klonoski

Cromwell, CT Fireball Large Meteor Fireball 9:01 pm 30APR2011
I was outside star gazing after walking the dog around the block at 9:01PM on April 30,2011 and something caught my eye as a bright flash over the top of my house as I was sitting in my chair looking south west at a bright Sirius. I looked straight up and saw a large fireball the largest I've ever seen moving very slowly, it was very very bright white, a hundred times brighter than Sirius and it shortly broke up into many fragments and disappear dead overhead. I only saw it a short distance but figure by it's size and speed it traveled quite a way across the sky. Wondering if anyone saw a better view.  Thank You for your kind report and drawing!!

Ithaca, NY 9:52 pm 30APR2011- Large Meteor Upstate NY
I was outside at about 9.52 tonight and was facing South west and saw a large meteorite/ fireball explode in the sky...  it was huge and  white changing to a blue/green color that traveled quickly BRIGHTENING as it moved and then it exploded and disappeared. I am close to Ithaca NY and it was significantly visible and by far the brightest thing i have ever seen in the sky.

Wendy B.  Thank You, Wendy!

Springfield, MA
My husband and I were sitting in our backyard tonight and also saw this. He had a longer view than I did and described it exactly as you did. We are from Springfield MA and the object was to our south/ southwest. When the fireball broke up it looked similar to an explosion or fireworks. We looked for news about this and found this website. -Gwendolyn  Thank You!


Walpole, MA 9PM EST
Guest391 (guest): 30 Apr 2011, around 9PM EST over Walpole, MA looked like it almost made it to the ground. Thank you!

Richmond and Hinesburg, VT 8:55 PM 4/30/2011
Guest856 (guest):saw a large meteorite falling in a SW direction between Richmond and Hinesburg VT around 8:55 PM 4/30/2011 It actually appeared to be so close and so bright that I really think it was some sort of debris falling. Thank you!

St-Chrysostome, Quebec, Canada between 9-10 pm
I saw a FireBall, Saturday April 30, 2011, can't remember the time, was between 9pm and 10pm.
I live in Southern Quebec, St-Chrysostome, 45 05'52"N -73 49'08"W - Elev 64m
The meteorite travelled from East to South West, was low on my horizon, barely over my line of tree tops.
We are a group of amateur astronomers of the RASC (Royal Astronomy Society Canada), no one else in my group saw the fire ball.
Johanne Gamache

Stonington, CT

I was at a dark sky site in Stonington, CT tonight with my astronomy club. After seeing a few bright meteors we all saw a very bright flash in the sky but no fireball. We weren't sure what it was, but the time coincides with the report you linked. We also saw the Space Station fly over, an interesting night for sure.
Unfortunately, the flash was indirect, but lit up the whole sky. It was a brilliant white and lasted less than one second. At first we thought it might be lightning, but no storm approached and no noise. It was interesting as there were several other bright meteors before and after the flash. Two were in the southern sky and one in the northeast. -George B.  Thank you George!


Manhattan, NY
Guest358 (guest): I was on my back patio in Manhattan tonight and saw a very bright streak across the sky to my southwest, which brightened and disappeared. I think this is what other posters in the New York area have also seen tonight.

Baltimore, MD

Tonight at approx 9pm I was in front of my home here in Baltimore city when I saw an extremely bright fireball, moving from just below center of sky to the West/N.West. It was moving relatively slowly and was extremely bright white. It then fragmented, lighting up the sky for a split second. It was quite remarkable. I am send this email because I see that there are other sitings in the N. East that fit the description and time of my sighting.
I apologize for the format of the email, I have only just found your great website, and am quite tired from work. I will have a closer look at things tomorrow.
Thank you Very Much. Sincerely, Jonathan Hollands  Thank you Jonathan!


Chelmsford.MA.
Debbie Broderick:Saw large fireball and tail shoot quickly across the sky at 9PM on April 30,2011, whilst walking SW in Chelmsford.MA. The head was about as big as the head of a streetlamp,and it moved too quickly for me to point it out to my husband in time so he could see it too.Debbie B.

Lancaster, PA
Guest722 (guest):Lancaster pa, large white fireball, 4/30/2011 9:02pm Last night myself and some friends where fishing in a rural area in southern lancaster county, when i noticed and let the others a whitest blue light others thought was a plane going slowly across the sky west, north west when it started to break up and exploded you could hear the sound, and seen the flash it was one of the best i have seen.

Perth, NY

I saw the same meteor last night (April 30, 2011) through my window facing SE at just before 9:00 PM, Very bright white ball floating downward and disintegrating. Perth is approximately 40 miles west of Albany, NY and about 6 miles North of Amsterdam, NY. -RS

Andover, Massachusetts

My husband and I were driving Southwest on Route 495 North of Boston last night and witnessed this meteorite at 9:01 PM according to the car clock. We saw a bright white fireball moving across the sky from left to right, much closer and brighter than any shooting star we had seen before. It looked like a firework, with a trail of sparks as it flared brightly and then disappeared. We enjoyed reading the posts by others who observed this awesome occurrence!
Sheryl and Chris Poole

Readington Township, New Jersey

We were driving in Readington Township, New Jersey around 9 PM and saw a large white/blue/green ball of light streaking in the sky. It was too big to be a shooting star and appeared to have a tail. It zoomed off quickly. - Martha


Northampton, PA 
I saw the same large meteor last night low in what im guessing to be east sky somewhere around nine pm from Northampton PA what made it even cooler was I was at my brother's wedding at the time - minicooper


Chelmsford.MA
Saw large fireball and tail shoot quickly across the sky at 9PM on April 30,2011, whilst walking SW in Chelmsford.MA. The head was about as big as the head of a streetlamp, and it moved too quickly for me to point it out to my husband in time so he could see it too.
Debbie B.


Howell, NJ
Couldn't believe my eyes! Last night I was standing around a campfire, gazing up at the sky, when I saw what looked like a very large meteor shooting across the sky~ had a tail and everything! It was the brightest thing I've ever seen falling from the sky!! Amazing.. I looked around the campfire and nobody else was looking up! I knew I saw something really extraordinary!! MIchele 

Somerville. NJ

Around 9 o'clock last night I saw what looked like a firework shooting into the sky.
It was green and I told my girlfriend to come look at the fireworks her noisy neighbors were shooting up.
It didn't explode like a firework and I though nothing of it.
About twenty minutes later I was talking to my friend on the phone who was about 5hrs away in Pennsylvania who actually saw it while we were on the phone and said "Hey I just saw a shooting star!".
I asked him if it was green, and if it looked like a firework about to explode, he then confirmed but said it was greenish blue.
This morning I Googled shooting stars and came across this site trying to figure out what it actually was.
Mark E. Rivera

East Rutherford, NJ

I was attending the Bamboozle music festival yesterday night at the New Meadowlands stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, and just after sunset my eye was drawn skyward as I saw what looked like a fireworks or flare streak across the sky. It then broke up into several smaller pieces and winked out. This was in the northeastern sky. At first I thought it was fireworks for the festival, but when no more followed I realized it must have been a meteor. -Thomas E.

Northwest New Jersey

Hey tonight I saw a metorite in the sky in Northwest New Jersey. It was at exactly 8:57 (I called a friend right after it happend). Chris G.

Cape Cod, MA

I saw the green meteor at about 9:20pm april 29,2011 off Cape Cod MA. I have never seen anything like this before.  -Anon.
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Georgetown, Massachusetts
Hi, i saw a large slow meteorite (I think). It was a lot slower than a shooting star and it was like a fireball. It was over Georgetown Massachusetts. April 29, at around 9:20pm. I saw on your site that others saw a meteorite down south, but has anyone seen one up north?
Thanks, Rick

Wertzville, PA

Witnessed this at a Beltane fire outside of Wertzville. I have never seen anything like it, and I tried to explain what I saw to my friends.. and was delighted to find your site with people also describing the fireball/explosion effect, as well as the colours. The tail was glowing white/blue towards the head with green tints, and the explosion was reminiscent of an explosion in star wars. And then it just vanished. Was very neat! -Rebecca

La Plaine Terrebonne, Quebec 
Depuis 16:30 à La Plaine terrebonne quebec j'apercois des météorites qui passent à toutes allurent au dessus de ma maison.  From 16:30 to La Plaine Terrebonne quebec I perceive meteorites that pass Allurentall over my house -ANON.

Boston, MA
Guest467 (guest): I saw a large fireball 4/30 @9pm 20 miles west of Boston, MA.Anyone else?

Selinsgrove, PA.

Dear L M Hunter,
On Saturday night, April 30, 2011, we were in Pennsylvania driving south toward Harrisburg, when we saw a bright, white mass flying through the sky, to the southeast. We were somewhere around Selinsgrove, PA. The ball of light was beautiful and was the brightest thing either of us had seen in the sky in our pasts. It reminded me of a lighted sparkler used on the 4th of July, and had a tail which broke up and fizzled out. Within a couple of seconds the whole thing was gone.
Susan in Rochester, NY


Philadelphia, Pa. ~9:53 pm EST 30APR2011
Last night at 9:53, as I was driving south on 95 facing sw, I saw a huge bright white object shaped like a football. It suddenly appeared, seemed so close, got super bright for maybe two seconds max then fizzled out. - Melissa 


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Fireball Meteor or space debris over Doha, Qatar / Saudi Arabia ~9:00pm 30APR2011

Fireball Meteor or space debris over Doha, Qatar 10.30pm? 30APR2011
Low horizontal trajectory with flaming tail?  First thoughts it was flame from aircraft engine but no noise then i could see it breaking or burning up over the sea. Did not think meteors would travel in what seemed horizontal path in an easterly direction
- Nicholas Couts

Bahrain at approximately 9pm

My friend and I saw it in Bahrain at approximately 9pm. It was very bright and moving extremely quickly. At first we thought it might be a firework, but realised it was much too bright and fast moving. We west facing west and it was moving in a north to south direction. The following day, I saw a programme on the History Channel about meteors and meteorites and have no doubt what we saw was a very bright meteor.
Regards, John

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Janabiyah, Bahrain 9pm, 30th April 2011
My neighbors and I saw it approximately 9pm, 30th April 2011 in Bahrain.
I just thought it was a huge shooting star at first, but then my neighbors said it had to be a meteor. It was traveling horizontally in an easterly direction and quite slow, so there was enough time to see it properly. It looked like a bright white fireball which had a tail and it eventually disintegrated and disappeared. We had never seen anything like this before., what an amazing experience! :) Regards, Anna 

Bylo said...
i saw that fire ball .. but time was not 10:30 .. it's about 9:00pm .. and it was so clear and long !

Bylo said...
i saw that fire ball .. but time was not 10:30 .. it's about 9:00pm .. and it was so clear and long ..same like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrL-cWaYdno&feature=related

Mette said...
I saw that fire ball - white ball with a long tale and not 10:30 is was about 9:00 pm

Scott said...
Yep, we saw it too, same as described...definitely closer to 9:00 than 10:30. We were looking east out toward the Pearl and it moved from south to north across the horizon.

Anonymous said...
yes this was around 9pm and it's long clear fire ball in the sky.. great indeed..

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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) (2003 FU3)  2011-Apr-30 0.1465 57.0 180 m - 400 m 20.9 15.34 (2011 HP4)  2011-May-01 0.0085 3.3 8.4 m - 19 m 27.5 14.32 (2011 DS9)  2011-May-01 0.0857 33.4 250 m - 550 m 20.2 10.70 (2009 UK20)  2011-May-02 0.0220 8.6 14 m - 32 m 26.4 5.31 (2011 HD24)  2011-May-02 0.0142 5.5 22 m - 49 m 25.4 26.71 274138 (2008 FU6)  2011-May-05 0.1939 75.5 720 m - 1.6 km 17.8 14.36 (2011 GO65)  2011-May-05 0.1519 59.1 69 m - 150 m 22.9 5.81 164121 (2003 YT1)  2011-May-05 0.1679 65.3 1.6 km - 3.5 km 16.1 25.95 (2011 GC)  2011-May-05 0.1386 54.0 100 m - 230 m 22.0 4.82 (2011 BB)  2011-May-05 0.1089 42.4 220 m - 490 m 20.4 9.49 (2010 KX7)  2011-May-06 0.0710 27.6 110 m - 240 m 22.0 12.45 (2011 GP65)  2011-May-07 0.1357 52.8 190 m - 420 m 20.8 17.24 (2011 FQ29)  2011-May-08 0.0541 21.1 22 m - 50 m 25.4 3.78 (2011 HH1)  2011-May-08 0.0837 32.6 130 m - 290 m 21.6 17.28 (2011 CG2)  2011-May-10 0.0471 18.3 130 m - 300 m 21.5 2.71 (2011 HC24)  2011-May-12 0.0151 5.9 39 m - 87 m 24.2 15.35 (2010 SO16)  2011-May-13 0.1345 52.4 210 m - 460 m 20.6 9.40 (2011 HQ)  2011-May-17 0.1561 60.8 200 m - 450 m 20.6 7.28 141432 (2002 CQ11)  2011-May-18 0.0891 34.7 290 m - 640 m 19.8 10.75 (2006 JF42)  2011-May-18 0.0595 23.1 420 m - 940 m 19.0 10.99 (2011 HO5)  2011-May-20 0.0595 23.2 49 m - 110 m 23.7 7.12 264308 (1999 NA5)  2011-May-22 0.1404 54.6 230 m - 520 m 20.3 5.53 (2003 AL73)  2011-May-26 0.1238 48.2 390 m - 860 m 19.2 15.31 (2005 WA)  2011-May-26 0.1740 67.7 44 m - 99 m 23.9 5.27 (2011 HT)  2011-May-27 0.0944 36.7 120 m - 260 m 21.8 7.21 (2010 VX139)  2011-May-28 0.1968 76.6 210 m - 470 m 20.5 13.11 (2011 HP)  2011-May-30 0.0336 13.1 110 m - 250 m 21.9 8.38

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