The 240 - 550 metre wide asteroid 2008 LV16 will make a close pass (26.5 lunar distances, 0.0681 AU), travelling at 15.47 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th July, 2011 @ 21:00 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
Asteroid 2008 LW16 was discovered on 15 June by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS). Earth MOID = 5.6 LDH = 19.6Diameter: 407m Read more
Ephemeris:
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V2008 06 13 21 09.96 -01 58.3 0.266 1.178 121.9 47.1 18.92008 06 15 21 12.72 -04 42.6 0.253 1.177 124.3 45.5 18.72008 06 17 21 15.48 -07 45.2 0.242 1.177 126.8 43.7 18.62008 06 19 21 18.26 -11 07.4 0.231 1.176 129.3 41.9 18.42008 06 21 21 21.07 -14 49.9 0.221 1.175 131.9 40.1 18.32008 06 23 21 23.90 -18 53.1 0.213 1.175 134.3 38.3 18.12008 06 25 21 26.77 -23 16.2 0.205 1.174 136.4 36.6 18.02008 06 27 21 29.70 -27 57.3 0.199 1.173 138.2 35.3 17.92008 06 29 21 32.68 -32 53.2 0.195 1.172 139.5 34.3 17.8