15 October 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 (2-3 days prior/after). There is no danger of 2009 TM8 itself striking the Earth. Have your cameras ready and get out to watch the sky.  I am also expecting that there will be more NEOs discovered to pass towards the end of the month. Check back as I will posted sightings as they are reported.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo, Japan
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COMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH


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)
(1990 UA) 2011-Oct-150.084532.9400 m19.616.64
(2011 TA4) 2011-Oct-160.134552.3190 m - 430 m20.712.97
(2011 TX8) 2011-Oct-160.186872.7110 m - 260 m21.817.21
(2009 TM8) 2011-Oct-170.00230.95.1 m - 11 m28.68.18
(2007 SV1) 2011-Oct-170.177268.931 m - 68 m24.713.28
(2009 UC) 2011-Oct-180.057122.213 m - 29 m26.612.96
(2011 SH189) 2011-Oct-180.114544.544 m - 97 m23.93.03
297300 (1998 SC15) 2011-Oct-180.121547.3320 m19.216.79
(2011 SO32) 2011-Oct-200.083732.6170 m - 380 m21.012.96
(2011 SL189) 2011-Oct-200.074228.928 m - 63 m24.98.40
(2001 UP) 2011-Oct-210.114944.720 m - 44 m25.711.55
(2011 SJ16) 2011-Oct-210.123548.1420 m - 950 m19.024.96
(2011 SM68) 2011-Oct-220.093436.4320 m - 720 m19.620.46
(2011 SJ189) 2011-Oct-220.173167.479 m - 180 m22.64.03
(2003 FH) 2011-Oct-240.065325.4450 m - 1.0 km18.922.79
(2011 SP70) 2011-Oct-240.142255.375 m - 170 m22.712.45
(2006 SP19) 2011-Oct-260.090635.333 m - 74 m24.510.06
(1993 VD) 2011-Oct-260.090235.1120 m - 280 m21.719.58
(2005 CJ) 2011-Oct-270.081831.9240 m - 540 m20.29.88
(2011 LC19) 2011-Oct-290.058022.6540 m - 1.2 km18.514.54
(2010 VU98) 2011-Oct-310.046218.030 m - 68 m24.710.22

For original data and the most up-to-date information concerning NEOs:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

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