WORLDWIDE FIREBALL ALERT...Imminent Asteroid 2011 YU55 NEO Close Approach...Earth To Encounter Debris Streams...Australian Outback Elevated Fireball Activity 07NOV2011

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News... 

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/11/worldwide-meteor-alert-6nov-17nov2011.html

 From SPACEWEATHER.COM

ASTEROID FLYBY: NASA radars are monitoring 2005 YU55, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier, as it heads for a Nov. 8th flyby of the Earth-Moon system. There is no danger to our planet. At closest approach on Tuesday at 3:28 pm PST (23:28 UT), the 400m-wide space rock will be 324,600 kilometers away, about 85% the distance from Earth to the Moon.

Professional astronomers are eagerly anticipating the flyby as the asteroid presents an exceptionally strong radar target. Powerful transmitters at Goldstone and Arecibo will...MORE

FIREBALL ALERT...Upcoming NEO (Near Earth Object) Close Passes Could Mean Increased Fireball Activity

Asteroid	Date(UT)	Miss Distance	Mag.	Size
2003 QC10	Sep 18	50 LD	--	1.2 km
2004 SV55	Sep 19	67.5 LD	--	1.2 km
2007 TD	Sep 22	6.2 LD	--	58 m
2011 SO5	Sep 29	5.6 LD	--	35 m
2002 AG29	Oct 9	77.1 LD	--	1.0 km
2000 OJ8	Oct 13	49.8 LD	--	2.4 km
2009 TM8	Oct 17	0.9 LD	--	8 m
2011 FZ2	Nov 7	75.9 LD	--	1.6 km
2005 YU55	Nov 8	0.8 LD	--	175 m
1994 CK1	Nov 16	68.8 LD	--	1.5 km
1996 FG3	Nov 23	39.5 LD	--	1.1 km
2003 WM7	Dec 9	47.6 LD	--	1.5 km
1999 XP35	Dec 20	77.5 LD	--	1.0 km
2000 YA	Dec 26	2.9 LD	--	80 m

Notes: LD = "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.

ELPALLSKY Readers...Have cellphones, video cameras, still cameras at the ready a couple days prior to, and after the dates highlighted above. Data shows that these close NEO asteroid passes have produced spectacular fireball events around the world.

SANDIA SENTINEL FIREBALL NETWORK ALLSKY CAMERA OPERATORS...Please be sure your cameras and computers are running  during these NEO events. Your data could lead to a find!

Composite Monthly Fireball Activity From ELPALLSKY 01APR-30APR 2011...

This is the monthly composite image of all fireball activity captured by the El Paso, TX Station-Sandia Sentinel All Sky Fireball Camera. The image includes an ISS pass as well as Lyrid meteor/fireballs of magnitude -2 and brighter. Enjoy!

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Elevated Green Fireball Activity Expected APR 25-MAY 02, 2011 As NEO's Approach...

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ 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) (2004 HQ1)  2011-Apr-24 0.1053 41.0 60 m - 130 m 23.2 10.80 (2011 DV)  2011-Apr-25 0.0999 38.9 200 m - 440 m 20.7 6.62 (2011 GR59)  2011-Apr-26 0.0352 13.7 52 m - 120 m 23.5 5.49 (2010 TU5)  2011-Apr-27 0.0904 35.2 430 m - 970 m 18.9 18.72 (2011 GJ3)  2011-Apr-27 0.0199 7.7 15 m - 34 m 26.2 5.50 (2008 UC202)  2011-Apr-27 0.0228 8.9 6.0 m - 13 m 28.2 4.00 (2011 HJ)  2011-Apr-28 0.0136 5.3 19 m - 42 m 25.8 6.78 (2003 FU3)  2011-Apr-30 0.1465 57.0 180 m - 400 m 20.9 15.34 (2011 DS9)  2011-May-01 0.0857 33.4 240 m - 550 m 20.2 10.70 (2009 UK20)  2011-May-02 0.0220 8.6 14 m - 32 m 26.4 5.31 274138 (2008 FU6)  2011-May-05 0.1939 75.5 720 m - 1.6 km 17.8 14.36

Composite Fireball Activity For The Month Of March 2011 ELPALLSKY-El Paso, TX

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