17 October 2011

Breaking News- NEO Asteroid 2011 UB Just Discovered to Pass 17OCT2011

Breaking News- NEO Asteroid 2011 UB Just Discovered to Pass 17OCT2011
A newly discovered NEO (Near Earth Object) asteroid has just been posted by NASA, NEO asteroid 2011 UB (LD 5.0), diameter 8.2m-18m.  It is to pass on 17OCT2011 along with NEO asteroid 2009 TM8 (LD 0.9), diameter 5.1m-11m.
1 LD (Lunar Distance) = ~384,000 kilometers.

Please get the word out ASAP for meteor observers and Allsky cameras worldwide and please post a link to this site:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/

Please report meteor sightings to LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com  Thank you! - LM*H, Tokyo


(2011 UB)   2011-Oct-170.01295.08.2 m - 18 m27.56.35
(2009 TM8) 2011-Oct-170.00230.95.1 m - 11 m28.68.18
Source and for latest information: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/


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