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Comet 244P/Scotti is at Perihelion (3.918 AU) on the 20th January, 2012

The 54 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2015 HW11 made a close pass (20.2 LD, 0.0520 AU) travelling at 9.26 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd April 2015 @ 03:41 UT ±00:05. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 22 - 49 metre wide asteroid 2015 HJ9 will make a close pass (56.4 LD, 0.1449 AU) travelling at 14.01 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th April 2015 @ 04:08 UT ±00:21. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 10 - 22 metre wide asteroid 2015 HQ11 will make a close pass (1.3 LD, 0.0033 AU) travelling at 10.16 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th April 2015 @ 06:19 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

White-light photo-mosaic captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and vesta pro webcam. Motorised EQ5 Mount and Baader solar filter.

Orbital elements: 2015 HR11 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0281 AU Epoch 2015 June 27.0 TT = JDT 2457200.5 MPC M 185.54310 (2000.0) P Q n 0.73111699 Peri. 198.92810 +0.67419744 -0.68900043 a 1.2203324 Node 210.54390 +0.72699158 +0.68258434 e 0.1690751 Incl. 31.55686 +0.13015782 -0.24363298 P 1.35...

The 150 - 330 metre wide asteroid 2010 VH1 will make a close pass (43.4 LD, 0.1114 AU) travelling at 23.18 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th April 2015 @ 04:11 UT ±07:36. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2015 HE10 will make a close pass (7.9 LD, 0.0204 AU) travelling at 9.65 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th April 2015 @ 08:49 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 57 - 130 metre wide asteroid 2007 CT26 will make a close pass (70.5 lunar distances, 0.1810 AU), travelling at 8.41 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th March, 2011 @ 18:49 UT ±02:23. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

The 20 - 46 metre wide asteroid 2015 HK will make a close pass (20.3 LD, 0.0520 AU) travelling at 7.87 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 25th April 2015 @ 11:39 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Meteoriteshttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48870217/novy-projekt-meteorite/

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