Near Earth Asteroids


	Near Earth Asteroids

celestialdancer

9-19-2009 6:05 AM

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asteriuds, space, near misses

celestialdancer says:

Apparently they happen all the time. Hmmm!!!

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9-19-2009 9:28 AM

tabsey

I can see the picture of that stuff we have put around the planet, containing a part (as in hair), one day. Should look good.

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            Asteroids (<A href="http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/neo/groups.html" linkindex="39">PHAs</A>) 
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            to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course 
            with our planet, although astronomers are finding <A href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Dangerous.html" linkindex="40">new 
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              September 19, 2009              there were <SPAN class="numAsteroidsText">1072</SPAN> potentially 
              hazardous asteroids. </DIV>
            <TABLE width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG width="10" height="12" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/images/spacer.gif" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV align="center"><SPAN class="asteroidEncountersText"><FONT size="3">Sept. 
              2009 Earth-asteroid encounters:</FONT></SPAN> 
              <TABLE width="97%" height="105" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" bgcolor="#fffff0"><TBODY><TR><TD width="27%" class="asteroidTableColumnTitleText">Asteroid</TD><TD width="19%" class="asteroidTableColumnTitleText"><DIV align="center">Date(UT)</DIV></TD><TD width="24%" class="asteroidTableColumnTitleText"><DIV align="center">Miss 
                      Distance</DIV></TD><TD width="13%" class="asteroidTableColumnTitleText"><DIV align="center">Mag.</DIV></TD><TD width="17%" class="asteroidTableColumnTitleText"><DIV align="center">Size</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD height="17"><FONT size="-1" face="Arial" class="asteroidTableDatumText"><A href="http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009 QC35;orb=1" linkindex="41">2009 
                    QC35</A></FONT></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">Sept. 
                      2 </DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">2.9 LD</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">17</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">35 m</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD height="17"><FONT size="-1" face="Arial" class="asteroidTableDatumText"><A href="http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009 RY3;orb=1" linkindex="42">2009 
                    RY3</A></FONT></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">Sept. 
                      11</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">1.9 LD</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">15</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">50 m</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD height="17"><FONT size="-1" face="Arial" class="asteroidTableDatumText"><A href="http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009 RR;orb=1" linkindex="43">2009 
                    RR</A></FONT></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">Sept. 
                      16</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">2.8 LD</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">18</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">33 m</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD height="17"><FONT size="-1" face="Arial" class="asteroidTableDatumText"><A href="http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009 RG2;orb=1" linkindex="44">2009 
                    RG2</A></FONT></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">Sept. 
                      21</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">9.1 LD</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">19</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">31 m</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD height="17"><FONT size="-1" face="Arial" class="asteroidTableDatumText"><A href="http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009 HD21;orb=1" linkindex="45">2009 
                    HD21</A></FONT></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">Sept. 
                      29 </DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">22.9 
                      LD</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">15</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">1.0 km</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD height="17"><FONT size="-1" face="Arial" class="asteroidTableDatumText"><A href="http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1998 FW4;orb=1" linkindex="46">1998 
                    FW4 </A></FONT></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">Sept. 
                      29</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">8.6 LD</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">14</DIV></TD><TD class="asteroidTableDatumText"><DIV align="center">550 m</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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