[bert]

To get a feeling for current events and your seemingly correct thoughts on asteroids, bing “asteroid 2011”. They are here now!

Precisely where they are vectored we do not know......

eventually, though it is the Sun

[bigheadfred]

To get a feeling for current events

2011 was so yesterday. Bing "asteroid 2013". We got one headed our way NOW.

[bigheadfred]

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)
(2012 DP32)	2012-Mar-10	0.0362	14.1	36 m - 80 m	24.4	8.84
(2012 DH54)	2012-Mar-10	0.0085	3.3	7.6 m - 17 m	27.7	4.79
(2012 DF31)	2012-Mar-10	0.0546	21.3	34 m - 77 m	24.4	13.72
(2012 EJ1)	2012-Mar-10	0.0294	11.5	27 m - 60 m	25.0	9.67
(2011 UU106)	2012-Mar-11	0.1737	67.6	500 m - 1.1 km	18.6	8.81
(2012 DN14)	2012-Mar-12	0.0698	27.2	30 m - 68 m	24.7	4.33
(2012 EN3)	2012-Mar-12	0.0504	19.6	40 m - 90 m	24.1	9.06
(2012 DW60)	2012-Mar-12	0.0064	2.5	14 m - 31 m	26.4	5.64
(2012 BK11)	2012-Mar-12	0.1750	68.1	72 m - 160 m	22.8	3.03
(2010 SV3)	2012-Mar-12	0.0577	22.5	190 m - 430 m	20.7	15.34
(2010 XA11)	2012-Mar-12	0.1676	65.2	16 m - 36 m	26.1	7.87
(2010 CO1)	2012-Mar-12	0.1132	44.1	130 m - 290 m	21.5	13.73
192642 (1999 RD32)	2012-Mar-14	0.1488	57.9	1.5 km - 3.3 km	16.3	18.80
(2012 ER3)	2012-Mar-14	0.0575	22.4	34 m - 76 m	24.5	12.63
(2008 EY5)	2012-Mar-14	0.0882	34.3	250 m - 570 m	20.1	11.99
(2012 BB14)	2012-Mar-15	0.0483	18.8	27 m - 60 m	25.0	2.10
(2011 YU62)	2012-Mar-16	0.1885	73.4	830 m - 1.8 km	17.5	17.85
(2010 FN)	2012-Mar-19	0.1438	56.0	13 m - 28 m	26.6	11.18
(2012 BT23)	2012-Mar-20	0.1239	48.2	420 m - 940 m	19.0	13.11
(2012 DO8)	2012-Mar-20	0.1755	68.3	96 m - 210 m	22.2	7.26
(2012 DH4)	2012-Mar-21	0.0606	23.6	190 m - 420 m	20.7	15.55
(2011 SY120)	2012-Mar-21	0.0517	20.1	65 m - 150 m	23.1	17.55
(2001 QJ142)	2012-Mar-22	0.1909	74.3	55 m - 120 m	23.4	8.46
(2010 FR9)	2012-Mar-22	0.0479	18.6	16 m - 35 m	26.1	8.66
(2012 EB2)	2012-Mar-23	0.0395	15.4	32 m - 72 m	24.6	5.85
(2012 BS23)	2012-Mar-23	0.1580	61.5	140 m - 310 m	21.4	11.05
(2012 DW30)	2012-Mar-24	0.1191	46.3	77 m - 170 m	22.7	5.02
(2012 EC)	2012-Mar-24	0.1963	76.4	50 m - 110 m	23.6	2.95
(2012 DO)	2012-Mar-25	0.1061	41.3	240 m - 540 m	20.2	7.60
152754 (1999 GS6)	2012-Mar-26	0.1118	43.5	340 m - 760 m	19.5	11.71
(2011 GB55)	2012-Mar-27	0.1114	43.4	130 m - 280 m	21.6	16.14
(2002 EW8)	2012-Mar-28	0.1996	77.7	53 m - 120 m	23.5	13.67
(2012 CA55)	2012-Mar-30	0.0566	22.0	120 m - 270 m	21.7	9.26
(2008 GD)	2012-Mar-30	0.1687	65.6	300 m - 670 m	19.7	32.35
(2009 TP)	2012-Mar-31	0.1157	45.0	52 m - 120 m	23.5	3.72
(2008 CH70)	2012-Apr-01	0.0872	33.9	34 m - 77 m	24.4	9.06
(2011 FQ6)	2012-Apr-03	0.1784	69.4	7.5 m - 17 m	27.7	6.89
(2010 GD35)	2012-Apr-03	0.0630	24.5	33 m - 73 m	24.5	10.64
(2012 AA11)	2012-Apr-03	0.0729	28.4	270 m - 610 m	20.0	8.51
(2010 GE30)	2012-Apr-05	0.1353	52.7	49 m - 110 m	23.7	4.65
(2004 TB10)	2012-Apr-05	0.0967	37.6	150 m - 330 m	21.2	12.42
(2007 WU3)	2012-Apr-06	0.1831	71.3	56 m - 120 m	23.4	6.28
(2012 DX75)	2012-Apr-06	0.0603	23.5	210 m - 480 m	20.5	12.86
(2003 UD22)	2012-Apr-06	0.1711	66.6	320 m - 720 m	19.6	12.91
(1995 DW1)	2012-Apr-07	0.1712	66.6	160 m - 360 m	21.1	12.85
(2008 GG2)	2012-Apr-10	0.1445	56.2	78 m - 170 m	22.7	7.16
(2007 HC)	2012-Apr-10	0.1813	70.6	24 m - 53 m	25.2	11.34
(2009 HE60)	2012-Apr-10	0.1096	42.7	20 m - 44 m	25.7	4.71
(2004 FG11)	2012-Apr-10	0.0574	22.3	170 m - 390 m	20.9	25.09
(2006 UE17)	2012-Apr-12	0.1375	53.5	110 m - 250 m	21.9	8.99
(2004 RQ252)	2012-Apr-12	0.0441	17.2	90 m - 200 m	22.3	10.71
(2007 DK)	2012-Apr-13	0.1735	67.5	370 m - 840 m	19.3	12.73
(2003 GQ22)	2012-Apr-14	0.1179	45.9	170 m - 380 m	21.0	10.48
(2009 WD106)	2012-Apr-15	0.1927	75.0	500 m - 1.1 km	18.6	25.20
297274 (1996 SK)	2012-Apr-18	0.1726	67.2	1.0 km - 2.2 km	17.1	19.26
(2007 HV4)	2012-Apr-19	0.0122	4.8	4.9 m - 11 m	28.7	8.98
(2010 HW20)	2012-Apr-19	0.1549	60.3	16 m - 36 m	26.1	6.74
(2008 AF3)	2012-Apr-19	0.1957	76.2	14 m - 31 m	26.4	1.72
141018 (2001 WC47)	2012-Apr-19	0.1013	39.4	510 m - 1.1 km	18.6	3.80
(2011 UP63)	2012-Apr-20	0.1283	49.9	48 m - 110 m	23.7	5.83
(2010 WR7)	2012-Apr-21	0.1834	71.4	52 m - 120 m	23.5	6.52
(2009 HU44)	2012-Apr-21	0.0872	33.9	84 m - 190 m	22.5	21.17
(2011 UD21)	2012-Apr-22	0.0547	21.3	5.3 m - 12 m	28.5	1.46
(2008 TZ3)	2012-Apr-23	0.1673	65.1	230 m - 510 m	20.3	13.31
(2003 WH166)	2012-Apr-23	0.0509	19.8	110 m - 250 m	21.9	13.49
(2006 VQ13)	2012-Apr-24	0.1395	54.3	260 m - 580 m	20.0	15.47
(2012 AP10)	2012-Apr-24	0.1481	57.6	14 m - 31 m	26.4	2.08
(2009 UW18)	2012-Apr-28	0.1355	52.7	320 m - 720 m	19.6	14.22
(2011 WV134)	2012-Apr-28	0.0992	38.6	1.1 km - 2.4 km	17.0	12.12
(2008 UC202)	2012-Apr-29	0.0263	10.2	6.0 m - 13 m	28.2	4.55
(2009 TP)	2012-Apr-30	0.1177	45.8	52 m - 120 m	23.5	3.13
(2004 MD)	2012-Apr-30	0.1679	65.3	250 m - 560 m	20.1	10.24
(1992 JD)	2012-May-02	0.0243	9.5	26 m - 59 m	25.0	6.98
(2001 SZ269)	2012-May-03	0.0713	27.8	380 m - 860 m	19.2	18.07
(2010 KX7)	2012-May-04	0.0390	15.2	110 m - 260 m	21.8	11.42
(2011 JN5)	2012-May-05	0.1107	43.1	25 m - 55 m	25.2	17.81
(1998 HE3)	2012-May-10	0.0319	12.4	120 m - 270 m	21.7	11.93
(2005 SQ9)	2012-May-11	0.0852	33.2	68 m - 150 m	22.9	10.21
141432 (2002 CQ11)	2012-May-12	0.1022	39.8	280 m - 630 m	19.9	16.26
(2008 CB6)	2012-May-13	0.1103	42.9	10 m - 23 m	27.1	10.85

* Diameter estimates based on the object's absolute magnitude.

NASA NEO

[Windflier]

To get a feeling for current events and your seemingly correct thoughts on asteroids, bing “asteroid 2011”. They are here now!

I fell asleep the other night with the TV on, and woke up in the wee hours. There was a show on about that very subject. It was so riveting, I watched the whole thing.