http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/06/breaking-news-alert-neos-t o-rock-rattle.html 24 June 2011Breaking News Alert! O! NEOs to Rock, Rattle, and Roll 2011MD VERY Close Approach 27JUN2011 Alert! NEOs Rock, Rattle, and Roll! Green Meteor Fireballs and Maybe a Bolide or more! (Issued 24JUN2011 1:30 am Tokyo by LunarMeteorite*Hunter) This is an alert; we will have a very close visitor, (2011 MD) 2011-Jun-27 0.0001 0.05LD 8.0 m - 18 m 27.6 6.77 within ~19,200km or 12,000 miles (about the distance from New Zealand to Great Britian - NOT far by space standards) on 27JUN2011! I expect we will see many large fireball events just prior to from today until July 5! Have your pointed and ready to capture and IF you have time get outside and observe and you might get lucky! Please help get the word out by posting a link on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, news outlets and forums, to my site: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/ TokyoLunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo, Japan Thank you! IF you do see a big meteor please email me at LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com (see below in red print as to the information we need. Thank you! O! NEO O!; UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH 1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) 65909 (1998 FH12) 2011-Jun-23 0.1379 53.7 400 m - 900 m 19.1 20.98 (2007 CS5) 2011-Jun-23 0.1167 45.4 33 m - 75 m 24.5 8.48 (2009 WW104) 2011-Jun-24 0.0399 15.5 80 m - 180 m 22.6 12.14 (2011 KW15) 2011-Jun-26 0.1072 41.7 310 m - 690 m 19.7 21.67 (2008 WM64) 2011-Jun-26 0.1015 39.5 200 m - 440 m 20.6 17.30 3988 (1986 LA) 2011-Jun-27 0.1853 72.1 700 m 18.2 7.93 (2011 MD) 2011-Jun-27 0.0001 0.05 8.0 m - 18 m 27.6 6.77 (2008 CY21) 2011-Jun-27 0.1505 58.6 31 m - 68 m 24.7 9.53 (2008 YC3) 2011-Jun-29 0.1721 67.0 23 m - 51 m 25.4 8.78 (2011 MC) 2011-Jun-29 0.0735 28.6 130 m - 300 m 21.5 17.19 (2010 NY65) 2011-Jun-30 0.1448 56.3 120 m - 270 m 21.7 16.27 (2002 EM7) 2011-Jul-01 0.0284 11.0 35 m - 79 m 24.4 10.6 Source: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ NASA/JPL/CalTech Ephemeris http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?CGISESSID=ee9b33fb2cb6f942721f48316c65a 709#results Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 Year of Meteors! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/06/breaking-news-alert-neos-t o-rock-rattle.html