The 20 - 40 metre wide asteroid 2004 FG29 will make a close pass (75.2 lunar distances, 0.1932 AU), travelling at 20.55 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd January, 2012 @ 18:27 UT ±03:10. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00...
Orbital elements:
2011 HN5 Earth MOID = 0.0387 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC
M 48.37160 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.12098220 Peri. 201.46158 +0.42568666 -0.90359696
a 0.9177764 Node 223.38317 +0.84004028 +0.41434622
e 0.2450811 Incl. 4.00667 +0.33633793 +0.10876460
P 0.88 H 25.0 G 0....
The 55 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2007 DB61 will make a close pass (35.0 lunar distances, 0.0899 AU), travelling at 9.96 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 2nd May, 2010. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distan...
The 23 - 52 metre wide asteroid 2018 EM4 will make a close pass (6.23 lunar distances, 0.0160 AU), travelling at 6.19 km/second, to the Earth on the 1st April 2018 @ 05:51 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 41 - 93 metre wide asteroid 2018 FV1 will make a close pass (33.47 lunar distances, 0.08599 AU), travelling at 7.35 km/second, to the Earth on the 1st April 2018 @ 13:54 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
The 33 - 75 metre wide asteroid 2007 RX8 will make a close pass (33.0 lunar distances, 0.08488 AU), travelling at 8.50 km/second, to the Earth on the 1st April 2018 @ 10:28 UT ±02:53. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Asteroid (22) Kalliope is a large main belt M-type asteroid discovered by J. R. Hind on November 16, 1852. It is named after Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry. It is orbited by a small moon named Linus. Read more Google earth file: Aste...
HighlightsStart of Spring On the Vernal (Spring) Equinox, March 20th, the Sun moves north of the Earth's Equator. From the Vernal Equinox until the Autumnal Equinox, in September, the Sun will be in the Northern Hemisphere. On the Equinox, the Sun rises due East and sets due West. The festival of...
Orbital elements:
2001 FA58 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0344 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 8.06124 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.28963407 Peri. 112.16423 +0.00649957 +0.99858683
a 2.2624012 Node 158.01006 -0.96151395 +0.02072961
e 0.7158539 Incl. 8.09784 -0.27467924 -0.04893497
P 3.40 H 21...
Orbital elements: 2010 GD35 Earth MOID = 0.0390 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 288.99913 (2000.0) P Q n 1.47583792 Peri. 13.57785 +0.77801784 -0.62559180 a 0.7640298 Node 25.42586 +0.56313644 +0.65377095 e 0.4821880 Incl. 7.71625 +0.27850600 +0.42569760 P 0.67 H 24.6 G 0.15 U 9 [u...
Texas Astronomers Measure Most Massive, Most Unusual Black Hole Using Hobby-Eberly Telescope Astronomers have used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory to measure the mass of what may be the most massive black hole yet - 17 billion times our suns...
Orbital elements: P/2001 Q11 (NEAT) Epoch 2001 June 20.0 TT = JDT 2452080.5 T 2001 June 22.35096 TT MPC q 1.8516286 (2000.0) P Q n 0.15944553 Peri. 202.27293 +0.96904840 +0.15291746 a 3.3681737 Node 147.01235 -0.13601564 +0.98586938 e 0.4502574 Incl. 20.85256 -0.20602170 +0.06839456 P 6.18 [ur...