Showing posts with label NEO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NEO. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Asteroid Threat in 2040? Scientists Watch 2011 AG5

Asteroid Threat in 2040? Scientists Watch 2011 AG5There is an asteroid called 2011 AG5, and if it follows the orbit scientists have plotted for it so far, there is a small, small chance that it could hit Earth in February 2040. ...http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/asteroid-threat-2011-ag5-close-earth-2040-scientists/story?id=15809386#.T018oYdOhWK

Monday, October 24, 2011

More NEO Close Encounters Found to Pass 24OCT2011

More NEOs Found!  Expect Continued High Meteor Activity Into November (at least until 10NOV). -LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo
(2011 UC64) (2011 UH10) (2011 UN91) 


UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object
NameClose
Approach
DateMiss
Distance
(AU)Miss
Distance
(LD)Estimated
Diameter*H
(mag)Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2003 FH

Saturday, October 15, 2011

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-