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MPC Ephemerides for Objects Passing Within Ten Lunar Distances
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Note: As a convenience to NEO observers, this form obtains formatted data from the IAU Minor Planet Center, which is not associated with A/CC. List dated as of 1619 UTC on 9 May 2008
ObjectDistance LDVisibility todayEarth closest LDMoon closest LDNotes
2008 JL3*18.7*V=20.0, el.=154.5°5.13 @ 2049 April 30risk
2008 JQ*19.5*V=21.0, el.=128.5°6.92 @ 1031 April 29risk
2008 JC*33.5*V=22.3, el.=158.7°2.48 @ 1558 April 29
2008 HC3834.51-37.73V=21.9-21.6, el.=169.8-170.8°2.18 @ 0113 April 281.33 @ 0200 April 28risk
2008 HU44.33-4.58V=20.2-20.0, el.=143.0-144.2°2.46 @ 0116 April 27risk
2008 HR39.83-6.60V=18.3-17.7, el.=137.2-146.4°3.06 @ 1615 May 11risk
2008 HQ318.65 & beyondV=21.7, el.=168.5°8.66 @ 0804 April 23
2008 HD26.50-6.80V=20.8-19.5, el.=63.7-85.9°6.47 @ 0458 May 9
2008 GW20*86.0*V=19.7, el.=173.0°5.99 @ 1843 April 4
2008 FC*78.2*V=22.8, el.=151.2°5.07 @ 1806 March 15
2008 ED8*107.8*V=22.9, el.=138.6°1.37 @ 0826 March 102.21 @ 0605 March 10
2008 BT18186.48-184.57V=19.3, el.=74.9-75.5°5.87 @ 1455 July 14radar target
2007 TU24*339.3*V=22.4, el.=125.8°1.44 @ 0834 Jan. 292.20 @ 1540 Jan. 29links
Distance         - distance from Earth in lunar distances (LD) at 0000 and 2400 today
Visibility today - if available, JPL geocentric apparent magnitude and solar elongation - shows min-max, not trend
                   (note that JPL Horizons provides nil V magnitude for elongation < 60°)
Earth closest    - Earth passage distance at best date-time calculation UTC
Moon closest     - lunar passage, calculated only if Earth passage is under 2.2 LD

*MPC MPES for 0600 UTC tomorrow, May 10th, geocentric. Other numbers are processed by A/CC from JPL SSD Horizons data.


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