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JUST DISCOVERED Asteroid makes close pass by Moon and Earth on May 23
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 16376275:MV8xODc2ODkzXzMxMzIzMzU0XzM2QTJFQjlE] [quote:my2centsworth:MV8xODc2ODkzXzMxMzIzMzIwXzdFOEVCOTQz] [quote:TheTruthWorker:MV8xODc2ODkzX0U4MTU5MTFD] Newly discovered [b]2012 KT12 [/b]is a small 15-35 meter Apollo class near-Earth asteroid which will fly 0.0037 AU or 1.4 LD to both Earth and Moon on May 23. JPL Orbit: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012%20KT12;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#cad [color=darkred]Condition Code [/color]or orbit uncertainty estimate is a [b][color=red]8[/color] [/b]on a scale of 0-9, with 0 being good, and 9 being highly uncertain. Was first spotted May 19 but just added to NASA site today, and not yet posted on SpaceWeather list http://spaceweather.com/ Next known NEO that comes closer than 5 LD is 2012 DA14 but not until Feb 2013 http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/neo_ca?type=NEO&hmax=all&sort=date&sdir=ASC&tlim=far_future&dmax=5LD&max_rows=100&action=Display+Table&show=1 :roids: [/quote] Wow! It seems to me there are more and more, incoming astroids, that are being found just days before an earth fly-by. Let's hope it remains a fly-by. [/quote] I've noticed a sharp increase of incoming asteroids in 2012 as well. Hmmm... [/quote]
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Newly discovered
2012 KT12
is a small 15-35 meter Apollo class near-Earth asteroid which will fly 0.0037 AU or 1.4 LD to both Earth and Moon on May 23. JPL Orbit: [
link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov
]
Condition Code
or orbit uncertainty estimate is a
8
on a scale of 0-9, with 0 being good, and 9 being highly uncertain.
Was first spotted May 19 but just added to NASA site today, and not yet posted on SpaceWeather list [
link to spaceweather.com
]
Next known NEO that comes closer than 5 LD is 2012 DA14 but not until Feb 2013 [
link to neo.jpl.nasa.gov
]
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