JPL at this link: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012%20KT42;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#ca... reports that 2012 KT42, about the size of a mini-van or small bus will pass by planet Earth on May 29th at 07:00 UTC (03:00 Eastern US time). It will pass at around 14500 kilometers or 8900 miles, just slightly larger than the diameter of the Earth. This Italian Blog has an animation of the objects and some good info on it: http://remanzacco.blogspot.it/2012/05/2012-kt42-close-approach.html -- Jay Eads
Hi Jay, Thanks for the heads up. Checking the Minor Planet Center at http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html it shows Utahans may have a pretty good chance of spotting this one. It shows that at 0100 tomorrow it will be 40 degrees above the horizon and possibly as bright as mag 11.8. But look quick as it'll be streaking along at an incredible 12438.91"/min meaning that less than 20 minutes later it will be mag 16 and have already dropped below the horizon. patrick On 28 May 2012, at 21:23 , Jay Eads wrote:
JPL at this link:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012%20KT42;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#ca...
reports that 2012 KT42, about the size of a mini-van or small bus will pass by planet Earth on May 29th at 07:00 UTC (03:00 Eastern US time). It will pass at around 14500 kilometers or 8900 miles, just slightly larger than the diameter of the Earth. This Italian Blog has an animation of the objects and some good info on it:
http://remanzacco.blogspot.it/2012/05/2012-kt42-close-approach.html
-- Jay Eads
When it finally cleared my horizon 2012KT42 was moving quickly and accelerating fast. Add to that the predicted positions being off a bit and 2012KT42.JPG was not an easy target. So no results nice enough that I want to keep them but here are a couple I'll leave up for a while before deciding what to do with them. First is a 2 panel mosaic with shots taken 10 minutes apart. Both are 1 second exposures. Note how quickly it was fading and how much faster it was traveling in the second picture. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2012KT42.JPG Earlier on as it was still brightening I happened to catch it "intercepting" another passerby. The three 15 second exposures in this animated GIF were taken 10 minutes before the ones above when 2012KT42 was moving slower and it was much brighter. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2012%20KT42_1.GIF patrick On 28 May 2012, at 21:23, Jay Eads wrote:
JPL at this link:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012%20KT42;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#ca...
reports that 2012 KT42, about the size of a mini-van or small bus will pass by planet Earth on May 29th at 07:00 UTC (03:00 Eastern US time). It will pass at around 14500 kilometers or 8900 miles, just slightly larger than the diameter of the Earth. This Italian Blog has an animation of the objects and some good info on it:
http://remanzacco.blogspot.it/2012/05/2012-kt42-close-approach.html
-- Jay Eads
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