Asteroid Encounters–August thru November

So why do I find these near Earth encounters fascinating???—- I don’t know.
But here is a listing of things to come,, up to and including  November.

Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters: Asteroid Date(UT) Miss Distance Mag. Size 2011 QE23 Aug 22 7.6 LD — 32 m 2009 AV Aug 22 49.7 LD — 1.1 km 2003 QC10 Sep 18 50 LD — 1.2 km 2004 SV55 Sep 19 67.5 LD — 1.2 km 2007 TD Sep 23 3.8 LD — 58 m 2002 AG29 Oct 9 77.1 LD — 1.0 km 2000 OJ8 Oct 13 49.8 LD — 2.5 km 2009 TM8 Oct 17 1.1 LD — 8 m 2011 FZ2 Nov 7 75.9 LD — 1.6 km 2005 YU55 Nov 8 0.8 LD — 175 m 1994 CK1 Nov 16 68.8 LD — 1.5 km 1996 FG3 Nov 23 39.5 LD — 1.1 km Notes: LD means “Lunar Distance.” 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.

Fortunately,   the close ones are SMALL.

H/T spaceweather.com

cbdakota