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NEO Asteroids Close Approaches January 2016
January we will likely have a large meteorite fall/s so MeteorRats be on standby!
Updates Pending!
LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

January Asteroids 2016
c2016 Dirk Ross

Please report your meteor sightings to this website for posting- Remember IF you are looking for a report and no one reports then everyone lacks information; thank you.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

There are currently 2 .... 22 known NEO Asteroids discovered that will pass within approximately 10LD or less (LD stands for "Lunar Distance"), in the month of January 2016. I expect that 10-15 or more 10LD NEOs will be discovered before month end.

Expect some spectacular bolides, fireballs, and meteors this month and especially large ones 3-5 days before and following the passing of 13 small mountain-sized NEO asteroids and 1 comet, diameters ranging from 500m- 2.5.km, that will safely pass this month.

Be ready for some bolide, fireball, and meteor activity!

Cameras Ready!

If you get video or photo of a meteor please email to - LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com
- LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

Object

Close-Approach (CA) Date
(TDB)
YYYY-mmm-DD

CA Distance
Minimum
(LD/AU)

(2016 AY64)	2016-Jan-01	7.2/0.0185
(2016 AV64)	2016-Jan-01	4.3/0.0110
(2016 AH65)	2016-Jan-04	8.2/0.0210
(2016 AT193)	2016-Jan-06	6.5/0.0167
(2016 AN9)	2016-Jan-07	7.6/0.0196
(2016 AT131)	2016-Jan-08	7.1/0.0183
(2016 AW192)	2016-Jan-08	6.4/0.0164
(2016 AX164)	2016-Jan-09	8.7/0.0223
(2016 AQ164)	2016-Jan-10	0.3/0.0007
(2016 AP131)	2016-Jan-11	6.2/0.0158
(2016 AB166)	2016-Jan-12	3.2/0.0082
(2016 AH164)	2016-Jan-12	0.07/0.00018
(2016 BF1)	2016-Jan-12	4.1/0.0105
(2016 BV)	2016-Jan-13	4.9/0.0127
(2016 AN165)	2016-Jan-13	0.5/0.0012
(2016 AN164)	2016-Jan-14	0.10/0.00025
(2015 YC2)	2016-Jan-15	4.9/0.0126
(2016 BK1)	2016-Jan-17	8.6/0.0222
(2016 AF166)	2016-Jan-21	9.2/0.0237
(2016 BY)	2016-Jan-21	3.3/0.0085
(2016 BU)	2016-Jan-23	5.8/0.0149
(2015 VC2)	2016-Jan-28	5.8/0.0149

Source- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/neo_ca

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)

(2015 LV24)	2016-Jan-01	0.0758	29.5	56 m - 120 m	23.4	5.86
(2015 XW261)	2016-Jan-01	0.1599	62.2	140 m - 320 m	21.4	18.32
(2011 YP10)	2016-Jan-02	0.0741	28.8	32 m - 71 m	24.6	5.50
(2004 MQ1)	2016-Jan-02	0.1424	55.4	670 m - 1.5 km	18.0	21.06
(2001 WR5)	2016-Jan-03	0.1190	46.3	77 m - 170 m	22.7	8.73
(2015 XM128)	2016-Jan-04	0.0514	20.0	43 m - 96 m	24.0	7.76
(2010 GR33)	2016-Jan-04	0.1101	42.8	80 m - 180 m	22.6	9.10
(2015 YU1)	2016-Jan-05	0.0948	36.9	30 m - 67 m	24.7	4.47
(2015 XT)	2016-Jan-05	0.0791	30.8	82 m - 180 m	22.6	11.81
313276 (2002 AX1)	2016-Jan-05	0.1729	67.3	310 m - 680 m	19.7	22.30
(2001 BB16)	2016-Jan-05	0.0564	22.0	61 m - 140 m	23.2	5.44
85990 (1999 JV6)	2016-Jan-06	0.0324	12.6	250 m - 570 m	20.1	9.62
(2013 BC70)	2016-Jan-06	0.0868	33.8	35 m - 78 m	24.4	11.94
(2013 AF53)	2016-Jan-07	0.1815	70.6	13 m - 30 m	26.5	13.28
(2015 WE2)	2016-Jan-08	0.0580	22.6	89 m - 200 m	22.4	9.67
(2015 XE261)	2016-Jan-08	0.0843	32.8	29 m - 66 m	24.8	6.52
(2012 AB11)	2016-Jan-09	0.1294	50.4	97 m - 220 m	22.2	16.15
(2015 XW351)	2016-Jan-09	0.0826	32.1	29 m - 64 m	24.8	6.00
(2015 CQ12)	2016-Jan-09	0.1267	49.3	80 m - 180 m	22.6	15.50
(2009 HK73)	2016-Jan-11	0.1042	40.6	15 m - 33 m	26.3	5.32
(2015 XD1)	2016-Jan-11	0.1933	75.2	260 m - 580 m	20.1	16.21
(2015 ME116)	2016-Jan-11	0.1755	68.3	97 m - 220 m	22.2	13.44
(2010 BB)	2016-Jan-12	0.0796	31.0	220 m - 490 m	20.4	7.12
337866 (2001 WL15)	2016-Jan-14	0.0804	31.3	580 m - 1.3 km	18.3	7.23
451003 (2008 UD1)	2016-Jan-15	0.1173	45.7	380 m - 860 m	19.2	12.12
450270 (2004 AE)	2016-Jan-15	0.1286	50.0	190 m - 430 m	20.7	13.20
(2015 YC2)	2016-Jan-15	0.0127	4.9	60 m - 130 m	23.2	15.43
(2015 KE)	2016-Jan-16	0.1321	51.4	14 m - 31 m	26.4	3.95
450263 (2003 WD158)	2016-Jan-16	0.1993	77.5	460 m - 1.0 km	18.8	16.26
(2015 KF)	2016-Jan-16	0.1730	67.3	25 m - 57 m	25.1	5.16
(2013 BZ45)	2016-Jan-19	0.1827	71.1	110 m - 250 m	21.9	6.29
(2010 BK2)	2016-Jan-19	0.1036	40.3	110 m - 240 m	22.0	16.68
(2012 DN31)	2016-Jan-19	0.1825	71.0	42 m - 94 m	24.0	13.28
(2011 BG24)	2016-Jan-21	0.0804	31.3	13 m - 28 m	26.6	8.40
1685 Toro	2016-Jan-22	0.1566	60.9	3.4 km	14.2	16.89
(2015 AC44)	2016-Jan-22	0.1998	77.8	35 m - 78 m	24.4	11.01
141052 (2001 XR1)	2016-Jan-23	0.1911	74.4	920 m - 2.1 km	17.3	23.86
(2013 OM2)	2016-Jan-24	0.1192	46.4	270 m - 590 m	20.0	15.90
162385 (2000 BM19)	2016-Jan-24	0.1032	40.2	580 m - 1.3 km	18.3	6.66
(2015 TY178)	2016-Jan-24	0.1211	47.1	120 m - 270 m	21.7	6.50
(2015 FJ36)	2016-Jan-25	0.1194	46.4	100 m - 230 m	22.1	6.15
(2015 XT129)	2016-Jan-26	0.1748	68.0	110 m - 250 m	21.9	3.23
438661 (2008 EP6)	2016-Jan-27	0.0502	19.5	350 m - 780 m	19.4	11.83
(2012 UV136)	2016-Jan-28	0.1207	47.0	21 m - 47 m	25.5	3.84
(2013 GM3)	2016-Jan-28	0.0637	24.8	15 m - 33 m	26.3	9.08
(2015 VC2)	2016-Jan-28	0.0149	5.8	9.3 m - 21 m	27.3	1.16
(2007 US12)	2016-Jan-29	0.1496	58.2	110 m - 240 m	22.0	15.99
(2012 DK31)	2016-Jan-29	0.1572	61.2	120 m - 260 m	21.8	12.44
(2009 WD54)	2016-Jan-29	0.1496	58.2	5.3 m - 12 m	28.5	11.91
(2012 BX34)	2016-Jan-30	0.0673	26.2	8.0 m - 18 m	27.6	11.20
(2015 XK1)	2016-Jan-30	0.1818	70.7	270 m - 600 m	20.0	11.12
(2015 YS7)	2016-Jan-30	0.1755	68.3	150 m - 330 m	21.3	12.82
(2015 AB44)	2016-Jan-30	0.0679	26.4	84 m - 190 m	22.5	12.86
(2010 DH77)	2016-Jan-31	0.1468	57.1	120 m - 260 m	21.8	23.50

Table capture below from 01DEC2015 - NASA/JPL
Source- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

updated post 23JAN2016 reposted 24JAN2016
original post 01JAN2016
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Fireball Down Under: Researchers Uncover Older-Than-Earth Meteorite
Live Science
When a greenish fireball streaked above the Australian Outback in November, meteorite researchers went hunting for the space rock that caused this ...

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ABC News WA - Ancient meteorite 'older than Earth' found at Lake Eyre
YouTube
ABC News WA - Ancient meteorite 'older than Earth' found at Lake Eyre. Laura Gartry. ...

Geologists Found A Rock That's 'Older Than Earth' In The Australian Outback
Gizmodo Australia
Importantly, the rock's descent was also tracked by Desert Fireball Network cameras, an array of 32 remote camera observatories stationed across the ...

Scientist digs up 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite
Washington Post
... back to the early years of the solar system's formation. Team leader Professor Phil Bland hand-dug the meteorite from a hole in southern Australia.

4.5bn-year-old rock may hold solar system secrets
The New Daily
Researchers from Curtin University's Desert Fireball Network spent an exhausting three days trying to locate it, searching the surface of Lake Eyre ...

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Footage of 4.5 billion-year-old meteor discovery much ado about nothing
9news.com.au
It could rate as one of the most anti-climactic scientific discoveries ever caught on camera, but try telling that to a team of joyous Perth researchers.

Meteorite could hold clues to solar system creation
Stuff.co.nz
Curtin University's Desert Fireball Network team has brought in the New Year by successfully recovering a fallen meteorite. It doesn't look like much, ...

Meteorite found in Australia
AOL.com
A meteorite estimated to be more than 4 billion years old was found by Perth researchers from a remote part of Lake Eyre in Australia.: ...

Geologists use their bare hands to dig out a meteorite in the Australian outback that was
Daily Mail
A 4.5 billion year-old meteorite, weighing 1.7kg, has been dug from salt lake mud in outback South Australia in Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, after it fell on ...

Meteorite older than earth found in outback Australia
Telegraph.co.uk
Desert Fireball Network cameras captured the meteorite falling to earth near Lake Eyre. The footage helped track the meteorite's orbit Photo: Curtin ...

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Outback meteorite retrieved by scientists
Perth Now
The November 27th fireball, as photographed by the Desert FireballNetwork observatory at William Creek, South Australia. (Picture: Desert Fireball ...

Curtin University meteorite discovery could hold clues to solar system creation
WA today
It was found buried half a metre in the ground at Lake Erye in South Australia by a team from Curtin University's Desert Fireball Network, which spent ...

Meteor shower could light up North Wales skies tonight
Daily Post North Wales
On offer tonight and possibly to a leser extent tomorrow is the Quadrantid meteor shower, which can viewed best either in Europe or North America ...
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Cometa Catalina filmado pelo Observatório SONEAR
Registro feito pelo Observatório SONEAR, em Oliveira (MG), mostra o cometa Catalina (C/2013 US 10) n...

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Quadrantid Meteor Over North Georgia
NASA Blogs
NASA's All Sky cameras captured this image of a Quadrantid meteor overnight, the meteorwas moving at 93,000 miles per hour. This 1 inch diameter ...

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Huge Meteor/Fireballs Explode Across the States of AZ & NM in U..S.
YouTube
Two bright meteors explode over AZ & NM in U.S. in the early hours of January 3, 2016. The bright meteors recorded by the NASA All Sky Fireball ...

Postal Service Honors NASA Planetary Discoveries with 2016 Stamps
December 30, 2015
The U.S. Postal Service has previewed the New Year's series of stamps highlighting NASA's Planetary Science program, including a do-over of a famous Pluto stamp commemorating the NASA New Horizons' historic 2015 flyby. ...

Under the Starry Sky: Trio Watches Meteor Shower in Stunning Photo
Space.com
Astrophotographer Deepanshu Arora took this image during Perseids Meteor shower week on August 18, 2015 at Cannon Beach in Oregon.
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Fireballs in the Sky
fireballsinthesky.com.auFireballs in the Sky is part of the Australian Desert Fireball Network Tracking meteor trajectories ...
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"La Caza del Meteoro" - Júlio Verne
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https://clasesparticularesenlima.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/la-caza-del-meteoro.pdf

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When to Watch the Peak of Quadrantid Meteor Shower
ABC News
This year, the Quadrantid meteor shower will peak Sunday night into Monday morning, NASA said. Meteor rates peak between 3 a.m. and dawn.

'I saw meteorite crash to earth in Plymouth on New Year's Eve', says supermarket worker
Plymouth Herald
That's different from a meteor - which is a meteoroid burning up in the Earth's atmosphere – known as a shooting star. Finally, a meteorite is a meteor ...

First meteor shower of 2016 peaks tonight: Watch online, right here
Los Angeles Times
The first meteor shower of 2016 peaks tonight for two short hours. Watch the show live, right here.

Quandrantids meteor shower to light up night sky
The Boston Globe
A little-known meteor shower is adorning the early January skies with bright explosions of light and color that can last longer than the average celestial ...

Quadrantid meteor shower to peak Sunday night. Here's how to watch it
CTV News
The Quadrantid meteor shower occurs every January around this time and while it isn't as long-lasting as the Perseid and Geminid showers, it's still a ...

DON'T MISS IT: The Quadrantid meteor shower may be visible
WFLA
(WFLA) – Don't forget to look up if you happen to be outside at night of Jan. 4, according to NASA, you may be able to see a meteor shower.

The First Meteor Shower of 2016 Is Peaking, and It's an Exceptional One
Space.com
The first meteor display of 2016 – the Quadrantid meteor shower - will hit its peak early Monday morning (Jan. 4), with a strong display of "shooting ...

Watch A Live Stream Of The Quadrantid Meteor Shower
IFLScience
Sunday night will showcase the first meteor shower of 2016 to help you wash away those post-holiday blues and your three-day hangover from New ...

Quadrantids, First Meteor Shower of 2016, January 3-4, 2016
Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh
The Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks Sunday night into Monday Morning, January 3-4, 2016. The Waning Crescent Moon should be little interference ...

Quadrantids meteor shower
Stargazers Lounge
Peak of Quadrantid meteor shower 22.00 till dawn. ... Event: Quadrantids meteor shower. in Observing Events. Observing Events · TV · SGL Calendar.

Quadrantid maximum - radio LIVE!
Online stream from Hungary - with G.R.A.V.E.S. radar:
http://www.galileowebcast.hu/radiometeor/index_eng.html

Quadrantid meteor shower to light up sky
KSLA-TV
The clouds cleared out of the ArkLaTex just in time for the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is always the first meteor shower of every new year.

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