| Asteroid |
Date(UT)
|
Miss Distance
|
Velocity (km/s)
|
Diameter (m)
|
| 2018 PR9 |
2018-Aug-24
|
18.1 LD
|
14
|
46
|
| 2018 QH1 |
2018-Aug-27
|
13.2 LD
|
12.5
|
27
|
| 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
|
13.2 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
|
| 2018 QA |
2018-Sep-03
|
17.5 LD
|
20.4
|
73
|
| 2017 SL16 |
2018-Sep-20
|
8.5 LD
|
6.4
|
25
|
| 2018 EB |
2018-Oct-07
|
15.5 LD
|
15.1
|
155
|
| 2014 US7 |
2018-Oct-17
|
3.2 LD
|
8.7
|
19
|
| 2013 UG1 |
2018-Oct-18
|
10.4 LD
|
13.4
|
123
|
| 2016 GC221 |
2018-Oct-18
|
8.7 LD
|
14.4
|
39
|
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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