Near-Earth Asteroid set to Pass Within Earth-Moon System
Asteroid 2016 VB1 was first observed by Mt. Lemmon Survey on 2016-11-05.
It will fly by Earth harmlessly on 2016-11-07 at 19 56 UTC at 0.7 times the distance to the Moon, at a speed (relative to the Earth) of 5.4 km/s. It is estimated to be 4 - 12 meters in size.
http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_searc...
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr...
Asteroid 2002 UQ12 was first observed by Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico on 2002-10-30.
It will fly by Earth harmlessly on 2016-11-07 at 06 00 UTC at 19.4 times the distance to the Moon, at a speed (relative to the Earth) of 20.2 km/s. It is estimated to be 65 - 206 meters in size.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr...
7 CLOSE APPROACHES NOVEMBER 7
2016 VB1 2016-Nov-07 0.7 LD 5.5 m - 12 m
2016 VS 2016-Nov-07 2.7 LD 7.9 m - 18 m
2002 UQ12 2016-Nov-07 19.4 88 m - 200 m
2016 UZ40 2016-Nov-07 25.5 LD 58 m - 130 m
2004 JP1 2016-Nov-07 51.9 LD 73 m - 160 m
2000 EJ26 2016-Nov-07 71.5 LD 350 m - 780 m
2016 QH44 2016-Nov-07 40.7 LD 88 m - 200 m
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot...
