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Asteroid 2016 CO246 makes its closest approach (0.03909 AU) to the Earth at 04:45 UT, 22nd February 2018.

Comet C/2017 T1 (Heinze) is at Perihelion (0.581 AU) on the 21st February 2018

R. E. Hill has discovered a magnitude 18.8 comet, P/2007 V2 (Hill), on November 09, 2007 by the MT Lemmon Survey. The new comet was confirmed by the later observations. Additional observations prior to the discovery, made by Mr. T Read (Observatory Steward, Kitt Peak) on October 14, were also found....

Kuiper Belt Object (148209) 2000 CR105 is at Opposition (59.019 AU) on the 19th February 2015. EphemerisDate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase Mag 2015 02 18 10 19 16.5 +19 50 27 59.0128 59.9896 171.2 0.1 24.1 2015 02 19 10 19 13.1 +19 50 49 59.0139 59.9910 171.2 0.1 24.1 2015 02 20 10 19 09.7 +19 5...

Asteroid 2018 CU13 makes a close approach to the Earth (0.030 AU) at 14:39 UT, 21st February 2018.

Asteroid 2017 VX1 makes a close approach to the Earth (0.099 AU) at 01:48 UT, 21st February 2018.

Asteroid 2018 BJ7 makes a close approach to the Earth (0.05547 AU) at 23:43 UT, 20th February 2018.

Asteroid 2018 CJ makes a close approach to the Earth (0.02378 AU) at 07:26 UT, 20th February 2018.

Asteroid (3752) Camillo in the constellation Monoceros makes a close approach to the Earth (0.1377 AU, 53.6 lunar distances) at 00:08 UT, 20th February 2018. Magnitude: 13.2 V

Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos is at Opposition (3.760 AU) on the 4th June 2015 EphemerisDate UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 06 03 000000 16 52 11.9 -16 39 31 3.764 4.774 173.9 1.3 22.0 2015 06 04 000000 16 51 29.7 -16 36 42 3.760 4.770 174.1 1.2 21.9 2015 06 05 000000 16 50 47.5 -16 33 54 3.756 4.7...

Kuiper Belt Object (55565) 2002 AW197 is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It was discovered on January 10, 2002 by Michael E. Brown et al. It is classified as a cubewano. Read more

Asteroid 2018 CP2 makes a close approach to the Earth (0.016 AU) at 18:34 UT, 19th February 2018.

Asteroid (3053) Dresden is a main belt asteroid, which was discovered on the 18th August 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschny. The asteroid was named after the German city of Dresden.

Comet P/2009 H2 (McNaught) = P/2004 K2 (McNaught) The comet P/2004 K2 (McNaught), was first discovered by Rob McNaught on the 20th May, 2004. The periodical comet P/2004 K2 (McNaught) was discovered by H.T. Bressi (Spacewatch Survey) on the 28th April, 2009. The orbital elements of both comets in...

Orbital elements: 2016 CA138 Earth MOID = 0.0508 AU Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5 MPC M 181.96013 (2000.0) P Q n 0.98235372 Peri. 327.47264 +0.47805572 +0.84479925 a 1.0022070 Node 329.01654 -0.67235958 +0.17589383 e 0.0469082 Incl. 27.83484 -0.56515072 +0.50534699 P 1.00 H 23...