| Asteroid | Date(UT) |
Miss Distance |
Velocity (km/s) |
Diameter (m) |
| 2018 NQ3 | 2018-Jul-10 |
14.6 LD |
8.9 |
20 |
| 2018 NF1 | 2018-Jul-12 |
18.1 LD |
10.8 |
38 |
| 2018 NW1 | 2018-Jul-14 |
9.9 LD |
9.2 |
28 |
| 2018 ND4 | 2018-Jul-14 |
12.7 LD |
11.9 |
35 |
| 2018 NV2 | 2018-Jul-15 |
10.1 LD |
15.1 |
42 |
| 2018 NM | 2018-Jul-17 |
1.4 LD |
6.7 |
19 |
| 2018 NL4 | 2018-Jul-18 |
10.4 LD |
12.7 |
51 |
| 2018 NQ1 | 2018-Jul-19 |
16.4 LD |
6 |
32 |
| 2018 NE1 | 2018-Jul-21 |
10.1 LD |
14.2 |
82 |
| 2018 NF4 | 2018-Jul-21 |
18.8 LD |
12.8 |
112 |
| 2018 NR1 | 2018-Jul-27 |
17.1 LD |
5.1 |
37 |
| 2018 LQ2 | 2018-Aug-27 |
9.4 LD |
1.5 |
39 |
| 2016 GK135 | 2018-Aug-28 |
16.8 LD |
2.8 |
9 |
| 2016 NF23 | 2018-Aug-29 |
13.3 LD |
9 |
93 |
| 1998 SD9 | 2018-Aug-29 |
4.2 LD |
10.7 |
51 |
| 2018 DE1 | 2018-Aug-30 |
15.2 LD |
6.5 |
28 |
| 2001 RQ17 | 2018-Sep-02 |
19.3 LD |
8.3 |
107 |
| 2015 FP118 | 2018-Sep-03 |
12.3 LD |
9.8 |
490 |
Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.
Credit: http://spaceweather.com/
For a complete list spanning the next 33 years visit the MPC's close approaches page.
1 comment:
Current TV commercial for "IBM Cloud" shows an image of asteroid 2017 MV-2, touting that it was "live-streamed to millions of viewers from 220 miles above the Earth". I told my wife, "That CAN'T be right", so I looked it up. She says it was "live-streamed" from 220 miles, so it's not deceptive. I don't think even THAT was correct. The whole claim strikes me as a hoax.... from IBM, no less. Oddly, there are NO (zero) comments about this online. (The commercial was aired during a tennis match. Maybe no one watching tennis cares if it's correct or not... Only if the tennis ball hits the ground 3 mm outside the lines)
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