YU55 will pass only 382 Miles from Moon - JPL data .... confirmed.

Thank you for the response .. but

1. I am calm as a kitten and as curious as a cat.
2. Can you answer my questions as far as why the VLA has no pics of this thing?
3. What pics of this are you talking about other then the ones taken back in 2005 ( basically the same pic uploaded on 07/11/11 ) ? I would like to see more pics but I can not find them.
4. Why would only 2 radio dishes track this ?
5. I know its about 4 times wide as the ISS ( 400m ).
6. Why cant we resolve this ? Is it Too close ? .. Too Far ?? "Just a Dot" ??

I dont see why this particular object is So elusive to Anyone other then JPL or NASA..

Care to answer my top 5 questions in my post ? .. where is it..what mass/density..speed.. without those simple answers I dont know how JLP or anyone can for a fact give a perfect projectory of this.

Oh..and Why cant/didnt the VLA radio this thing back in 2005 or '06,'07'08'09'10 and now not even a peep from them ( too busy looking at the vast nebulae out there ?

Just wondering .. because there is its Gonna hit ( No proof and I dont think so as well ) .. and there is the its Not gonna hit .. (with little data other then some trajectories on a cool looking web page ).

DATA .. Give the Data or we can not even begin to do research !!

Usually whenever you hear some say "but" you can disregard what came immediately before it...

Then you only have to do the second part of what I told you to do. Well, you don't HAVE to do anything, but if you want to know the truth...

The question itself baffles me, why would you assume they would? Sounds like you're projecting your personal expectations.



Most asteroids that pass earth don't get any dishes tracking them as they pass. Optical telescopes, but not dishes. Why do you claim this is strange? Areciebo should provide plenty of resolution. Don't need anything more.

Too far, just a dot. Do the math. ISS is 4 times smaller but 1000 times closer, this is what ISS looks like in a telescope:


It's not, see above, amateurs have seen it.

Its mass is irrelevant to the trajectory, speed changes with time; you really need to grasp the basics first. I can give you the orbital elements I calculated for it; with those you can determine the location and speed for any given point in time.
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Yes, they have other targets to look at, playing the "if I was king" card doesn't actually mean anything.

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The Minor Planet Center would be the place to get such information.


As above.


Why would that be important?


No.

"We" took "radio pics" in April 2010.


I don't think the VLA has RADAR capability.


Scale.
It's in orbit around the Sun, just like Earth. So it's orbit is curved just like Earth's.
That being said AS ITS DISCLAIMER says the little JPL java applet is not a projection
Note: Make sure you have Java enabled on your browser to see the applet. This applet is provided as a 3D orbit visualization tool. The applet was implemented using 2-body methods, and hence should not be used for determining accurate long-term trajectories (over several years or decades) or planetary encounter circumstances. For accurate long-term ephemerides, please instead use our Horizons system.


Because new observations are constantly being made.


Why do you repeat yourself?
To get a nice round number?


Exaggerate much.

The people who understand the explanation have no problem with it.


Nebulae are really really big.
Much bigger then they are further away.


Write you Congress person.

Houston, shoot that yu55 down. u need prastice shooting down with missile rocket in future or we are in shit.

ASTROMUTT, I have been seeing flashing lights like the ones coming from the satellite that you recorded with your telescope. My concern is, that lately, over probably the past 6 months, I have seen TONS of these above my house, other parts of my county, and basically in the southeast Alabama. My question is, is it unusual to see these lights no more than a mile up in the sky?

WHEN please?

I may stay up if it's not too late.

But everywhere I look, people have different times.

Thank you!

Not sure which satellite you're referring to, IRAS? Basically any dead tumbling satellite will undergo brightness variations which will make it look like it's flashing. You should have seen UARS an orbit prior to re-entry, it flashed like crazy and it was crazy bright too.