newly discovered asteroid to pass earth: 26,500 miles (43,000 km)

Hello all,

NASA announced on March 17th that on March 18th, at 22:08 UTC (5:08 PM
EST), a newly discovered asteroid will pass by the earth by a distance
of about 26,500 miles (43,000 km). This asteroid is about 100 feet (30
meters) in diameter, and was discovered by the LINEAR asteriod survey
on the evening if March 15th. This asteroid is being called 2004 FH.
Here is a link to a NASA article describing it:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news142.html You can find the ephemeris
the following link, and then modifying some of the options for your
individual location, etc. For the sake of length, here is a
short-length re-direction link for it: http://tinyurl.com/3ahtr
Here is the full lenth link:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eph?...1%2CJHA%2C%2C0


Anthony


(p,s. Please send email to anthonytc22 at aol.com)

Anthony C wrote:

Hello all,

NASA announced on March 17th that on March 18th, at 22:08 UTC (5:08 PM
EST), a newly discovered asteroid will pass by the earth by a distance
of about 26,500 miles (43,000 km). This asteroid is about 100 feet (30
meters) in diameter, and was discovered by the LINEAR asteriod survey
on the evening if March 15th. This asteroid is being called 2004 FH.
Here is a link to a NASA article describing it:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news142.html

It's about the size of the one that made Meteor Crater in Arizona, which
is 4000-ft wide and 700-ft deep!

http://www.meteorcrater.com/reference.html


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