+/- 30 days <5LD NEO Asteroids

List updated: Tue-08-March 2016, 06:18Z.
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There are 30 asteroids listed in this table.  8 are less than 1LD.  1 of them (2015 DY30) was below geo-stationary (22,236 miles) altitude - at a distance of +/- 5,000 miles from Earth surface.  YPD refers to Year of discovery, NASA period of discovery, and the (decimal format) number of the object within the stated period. E.g. 2016:C/726 = the 726th NEO discovery of NASA Period "C" (Feb1-Feb15), from year 2016.

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Source: NASA JPL NEOP

object	ca date & time (gmt)	ca dist. (nom.) ld/au	ca dist. (min.) ld/au	v.rel. km/s	v.inf. km/s	n.sigma	mag	ref	class	ypd
(2016 CA29)	2016-Feb-07 05:22 ± < 00:01	2.39/0.00613	2.38/0.00612	6.88	6.82	2110	28.6	7	APO*	2016:C/726
(2016 CH137)	2016-Feb-07 20:39 ± < 00:01	2.35/0.00604	2.35/0.00603	26.38	26.36	1800	25.8	6	APO*	2016:C/3433
(2016 CH30)	2016-Feb-07 22:32 ± < 00:01	1.50/0.00386	1.50/0.00386	5.56	5.43	2200	28	3	ATE*	2016:C/758
(2016 DX30)	2016-Feb-09 07:51 ± < 00:01	4.63/0.01191	4.61/0.01186	10.64	10.62	429	26.6	1	APO*	2016:D/773
(2016 CC136)	2016-Feb-09 10:04 ± < 00:01	2.07/0.00532	2.07/0.00532	6.48	6.41	6440	28.7	4	ATE*	2016:C/3403
(2016 CO248)	2016-Feb-09 11:56 ± < 00:01	1.86/0.00479	1.86/0.00478	4.94	4.83	536	27.5	3	ATE*	2016:C/6214
(2016 CK31)	2016-Feb-09 14:43 ± < 00:01	3.64/0.00936	3.64/0.00935	7.41	7.37	3010	27.1	6	APO*	2016:C/785
(2016 CW264)	2016-Feb-10 11:38 ± < 00:01	0.55/0.00141	0.54/0.00140	24.48	24.4	416	29.8	1	APO*	2016:C/6622
(2016 CD31)	2016-Feb-12 07:17 ± < 00:01	3.42/0.00878	3.41/0.00877	14.36	14.34	2020	27	7	APO*	2016:C/779
(2016 CU246)	2016-Feb-12 08:08 ± < 00:01	2.15/0.00553	2.15/0.00552	15.81	15.77	1270	26.5	6	ATE*	2016:C/6170
(2016 CW30)	2016-Feb-12 15:35 ± < 00:01	4.89/0.01257	4.88/0.01253	12.2	12.18	665	26.7	6	APO*	2016:C/772
(2016 CM194)	2016-Feb-13 07:48 ± < 00:01	0.20/0.00052	0.20/0.00052	12	11.57	8530	27.7	4	APO*	2016:C/4862
(2016 CB248)	2016-Feb-13 13:42 ± < 00:01	3.03/0.00780	3.03/0.00778	11.26	11.23	967	26.7	5	APO*	2016:C/6202
(2016 CN248)	2016-Feb-14 01:11 ± < 00:01	1.97/0.00507	1.97/0.00506	13.45	13.41	1650	27.3	2	APO*	2016:C/6213
(2016 DB)	2016-Feb-15 04:50 ± < 00:01	0.32/0.00083	0.32/0.00083	9.45	9.1	1720	28.5	2	ATE*	2016:D/2
(2016 CK248)	2016-Feb-24 09:29 ± < 00:01	4.81/0.01237	4.80/0.01233	9.78	9.76	564	26.7	4	APO*	2016:C/6210
(2016 DE1)	2016-Feb-25 04:19 ± < 00:01	2.51/0.00645	2.51/0.00644	19.56	19.54	2150	25.2	4	APO*	2016:D/30
(2016 DY30)	2016-Feb-25 19:59 ± 00:02	0.04/9.6e-05	0.04/9.5e-05	17.35	15.67	245	30.5	1	APO*	2016:D/774
(2016 DK2)	2016-Feb-26 07:19 ± < 00:01	0.83/0.00212	0.82/0.00212	18.74	18.67	812	29.1	1	APO*	2016:D/60
(2016 ET1)	2016-Feb-29 00:51 ± < 00:01	3.11/0.00799	3.10/0.00797	5.5	5.44	731	28.9	2	APO*	2016:E/44
(2016 EO28)	2016-Feb-29 03:57 ± < 00:01	1.40/0.00360	1.39/0.00358	7.2	7.1	386	29.1	1	APO*	2016:E/714
(2016 ED1)	2016-Mar-01 14:05 ± < 00:01	3.97/0.01021	3.97/0.01019	9.24	9.21	1230	25.8	3	APO*	2016:E/29
(2016 DL1)	2016-Mar-01 18:22 ± < 00:01	4.68/0.01202	4.68/0.01201	8.61	8.59	3150	26.8	5	APO*	2016:D/36
(2016 DV1)	2016-Mar-03 05:17 ± < 00:01	1.03/0.00264	1.03/0.00264	18.07	18.02	18500	24.9	16	APO*	2016:D/46
(2016 EG28)	2016-Mar-03 14:56 ± < 00:01	1.85/0.00476	1.85/0.00476	14.78	14.74	1130	27.8	2	APO*	2016:E/707
(2016 EK1)	2016-Mar-03 18:06 ± < 00:01	0.53/0.00135	0.53/0.00135	18.49	18.38	3150	29.1	1	APO*	2016:E/35
(2016 EL1)	2016-Mar-04 11:54 ± < 00:01	0.60/0.00154	0.60/0.00154	20.13	20.04	2670	27.8	1	APO*	2016:E/36
(2016 EG1)	2016-Mar-05 01:24 ± < 00:01	1.14/0.00293	1.14/0.00293	12.36	12.29	1250	29.1	3	APO*	2016:E/32
(2016 DN2)	2016-Mar-05 13:48 ± < 00:01	1.82/0.00468	1.82/0.00467	8.99	8.92	3040	26.7	6	APO*	2016:D/63
(2016 EV28)	2016-Mar-08 05:06 ± < 00:01	0.40/0.00103	0.40/0.00103	25.63	25.53	3640	28.3	1	APO*	2016:E/721

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New asteroid made close-approach less than 5,000 miles from Earth's surface

New asteroid made close-approach less than 5,000 miles from Earth's surface
reported by  meteordetective

NASA have published data of a very close-approach which occurred on Feb-25 at 19:49Z (note that the asteroid was not discovered until the following day).

The asteroid in question is 2016 DY30 (the 774th <0.5 AU asteroid to be discovered since March 01 2016).

Its nominal (expected) close-approach distance was just 4933.546 miles from Earth's surface.  Although small (estimated to be 2-5m in diameter), it was travelling at just over 17km/s (relative to Earth) at the time of its close-approach.

2016 DY30 entered NASA's all-time close-approaches table at position #5.  It is the 6th asteroid, this year, which has found its way on to the 'top 100' table. There were 13 new entries in this 'top 100' table last year (2015) and 12 entries during 2014.

8 asteroids have made / will make their close-approach of less than 1LD (average distance from Earth to the Moon) during the current +/- 30 days period.  2016 DY30 was the only one of these which was (well) below geo-stationary altitude of 22,236 miles.

Watch the skies...

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Fireball over Southern Germany: Sun 06 Mar, 22:37CET/21:37GMT

Fireball over Southern Germany: Sun 06 Mar, 22:37CET/21:37GMT
reported by  meteordetective

Post on German website/magazine: "Cologne News Magazine"

Original Source:
http://www.rundschau-online.de/aus-aller-welt/megaheller-meteor-polizei-wegen-feuerkugel-am-himmel-ueber-sueddeutschland-alarmiert-23681638

Full English translation

Excerpt:

"Straubing - A particularly bright shooting star has made in the early hours of Monday in southern Germany a stir. Several eyewitnesses from Bavaria alerted the police because of the celestial phenomenon. As the University Observatory in Munich reported that there was a meteor that was visible from Bavaria to the Saarland."



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2 x Major USA fireball events: Sunday 06-March-2016

2 x Major USA fireball events: Sunday 06-March-2016
reported by  meteordetective
INITIAL POSTING: Mon-07-Mar-2016: 07:20GMT
Update 6) Tue 08-Mar-2015, 19:35Z

A video of what might be a third event at 21:45 Pacific has been posted to Youtube on XenonRocket's Channel.  I'm unable (no e-mail address available) to contact the YouTuber directly, but here's the embedded video.  According to the directions & location provided, the meteor seems to be travelling NE->SW.

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Update 5) Tue-08-Mar-2015, 05:00Z

Overnight, I had a witness from the Dallas event e-mail me a full set of answers to the Sightings Questionnaire, which was invaluable in assessing the Texas sighting of 20:45 Central Time on Sunday 6-March-2016.

It would appear to have been a large bolide (-4 mag.) travelling South-North on a moderate descending trajectory.  The witness described the bolide as "Light orange in front with blue long tail. Very blue almost totally round in front then narrowing tail. Not like a far away shooting star."  Note the use of the word "round".  With regard to size, the witness states that it was: "Rounded front part was about size of thumb" (at arm's length), so the bolide was clearly large in size.

I'm still struggling to find any photos or videos of the event, so if you should find any, please let me know?

Thank you.


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Update 4) Mon-07-Mar-2015, 19Z43.

Second confirmation that the 8:15 pm is a distinct and separate (and I believe to be space-trash at this point) event - compared to the slightly later 20:26 event (which looks like a proper fireball).  Second witness suggests that the space-trash landed east of route 101 - after coming-in at a steep angle.


No media coverage??

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Update 3) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 18Z53.

Well, it seems that at least one of the California events was something man-made re-entering our atmosphere.  I've also had a report by e-mail of a potentially earlier event - around 8:10pm Pacific Time.  Here's the first video I've seen of what I strongly suspect is NOT a meteor/meteorite (at least for one of the California sightings).

Posted to Youtube by "Turtle Poster": 645 views.

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Update 2) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 09:10 GMT

The first video has surfaced on YouTube.

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Update 1 ) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 08:26 GMT

It looks like 2 events, 2 hours apart.  Initial reports are that the California fireball' was very large, although the 15-20 seconds sighting-length of the CA event suggests space-trash?  More data needed, please!

a) Texas, 20:45 Central Time / 02:45GMT
b) California, 20:25 Pacific Time / 04:25 GMT

I've checked by telephone with Vandenburg AF Base and they were not aware of any launches etc.

AMS' pending queue does not reflect the traffic that LunarMeteoriteHunters has been receiving, but AMS has both events in pending status.

END UPDATE

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Website traffic & a couple of e-mails suggest that there's been a major event over California USA on Sunday evening at +/- 8:30PM local time, with a second report from Dallas, TX for a similar time (don't know whether the events are related/same at this point).

If you witnessed this event and/or have images / video which you are happy to be posted (with credit) here on Lunar Meteorite Hunters website/blog, then please e-mail meteordetective@gmail.com with the following information, if possible.

1) Time and location of sighting

2) Angle from observer to the object in the sky - i.e. 90 deg. = overhead to 0 deg. = ground-level.

3) Estimated elevation/height of the object(s)

4) Apparent direction of travel: decent angle (e.g. 45 deg. down) + azimuth (N to S etc)

5) Estimated size of the object(s) - using your thumb/thumbnail at arm's length as a comparison.

6) Velocity:  How many seconds to cross what portion (e.g. 1/2) of the sky

7) Brightness - (see http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/MagScale.html for specific examples).

8) Fragmentation?

9) Sound?

10) Colour(s)?

11) Smell in the air?

12) Impact or shockwave damage?

Thank you for your contributions and information.  My intention is to post more information, along with the best images & videos - once I have more detail.


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Current +/- 30-days NEO asteroids with less than 5LD close-approach

Current +/- 30-days NEO asteroids with less than 5LD close-approach
reported by  meteordetective
** Comments, questions and reports/sightings to: meteordetective AT gmail DOT com. **

I thought it might be helpful to provide an updated list of all **known**/announced NEO asteroids which have their close-approach within +/- 30 days of Wed-02-Mar-2016.

Note that this list only indicates asteroids with a close-approach of less than 5LD.  Items with a yellow background indicate a close-approach of less than 1LD.  (1 LD = the average distance from Earth to the Moon).

Click the image to enlarge.

You are welcome to download/save and/or embed (unedited/unchanged) copies of this image for your own websites/blogs etc.  Please credit, and link to, the LunarMeteoriteHunters blog/website if you do so AND please accompany the image with an explanation of what people are looking at.  Data Source: NASA JPL.

Thank you.

You can select your own search parameters and get the very latest updates for yourself from the NASA JPL NEO Program website.

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Major bolide over North Scotland, 29-Feb-2016!

Major bolide over North Scotland, 29-Feb-2016!
reported by  meteordetective
** Update: 01-Mar-2016, 23:24Z.

Well, it seems that the excitement and news coverage of this event were equally high.  All data, reports and first-hand sightings which I've seen in the 24 hours since the meteor buzzed the Scottish highlands - point towards a near-miss (for a surface impact).

According to a report which was included in the Independent's coverage, people could smell burning afterwards: "Here in Carrbridge we saw it very clearly as a bright blue light for three or four seconds at 6.45pm followed by a distinct burning smell in the air for a few minutes after."  (Carrbridge is 33km / 20mi SE of Inverness).  If it's true that you could smell burning and that burning was a direct result of the meteor and nothing else, it seems to me that Scotland just had a close-call.

Mark Dammer's update on the Highland Weather Facebook page gave additional clues:

"Looking south from our living room I noticed the sky suddenly lighting up extremely bright for a few seconds. The light was flickering and in a blue / green color. After about 3-5 minutes I could hear two explosions. It sounded like a very low frequency rumble coming from a great distance. (Estimated distance for 3-5 minutes would be between 60 - 100 Km.)"  Unfortunately, he didn't mention where he lives.

Professor Keith Horne, from St Andrews University, on the BBC's NE Scotland website, stated:

"..this one would have been about 10cm (4in) across." and "...it probably burnt up at an altitude of 20 miles (32km) without any pieces reaching Earth."

I'm not so sure that I agree with his analysis.  Something which burns-up at 20 miles in the sky is unlikely to leave a burning smell on the ground just minutes after the event.  What I saw looked significantly larger than 10cm across, too.

Kudos and thanks to Ian Sample (Science Editor of The Guardian) for being on-the-ball and for being helpful, and likewise to the senders of the report I received from Seaham Harbour, County Durham.

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Keep your eyes on the skies.

** Update: 01-Mar-2016, 07:54Z.

Many people have reported a major bolide sighting over Northern Scotland during the evening of Mon 29-Feb-2016.  I'm still collating/determining all the information, but it looks to have tracked ESE->WNW at around 18:45Z.  The bolide turned night in to day for a few seconds.

This appears to be an unknown/undetected meteor/meteorite.  Of the latest 3 discoveries, the closest (by time/date proximity) is 2016 DL1 with a close-approach of 4.68LD at 01-March at 18:22Z, but I don't think the Scottish bolide and 2016 DL1 are related, at the moment.

There are several dashcam and security camera recordings of the event.  The best, so far, was by Dee Scholes, whom caught the meteor whilst driving near Glenlivet, Scotland.

A second, HD, video which shows the meteor itself has been published to Youtube by the owner of the dashcam and has allowed a track of East-to-West (at an approximate latitude of 57.2º) west of Aberdeen to be established (and coordinated with the Glenlivet sighting). (Click thumbnail to enlarge screenshot, below).

The meteor appears to have produced one or more sonic booms and disintegrated during descent, so there *may* be meteorites on the ground on a track of, roughly, Aberdeen-Aviemore-Fort Augustus...but likely further west than this, too.

Links:

1. Telegraph article
2. Highlands & Islands Weather page on Facebook
3. Herald Scotland article
4. Sauchen Aberdeenshire sighting

If you have any other details, information, photos, videos etc, please contact meteordetective AT gmail DOT com.

Thank you.

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