2022-10-14, 05:16 PM
CNEOS predicts that this Aten class NEO will make another close approach on 2022-Nov-01 02:30 ± 00:04 UT at Re of 0.01515 AU (2266.8k km). H=29.6 magnitude, Vrel=5.25 km/sec, 'Rarity'=0.
ST4v predicts that this NEO will only reach a peak brighnness of 22.7 magnitude on 2022 Nov 4. The light curve is fairly flat so it should retain this brightness for several days - not that it matters much. The interesting thing about this object is that it was discovered last year AFTER it passed within 0.00020 AU (29.3k km) on 2021-Nov-01 10:33 ± < 00:01 UT. It was discovered on November 2. The Earth MOID (Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance) is 0.000141093 AU!
Here's the Object Information for this NEO:
It's not really observable, but I thought that it's neat that this new object has come around for another close pass a year later.
Phil S.
ST4v predicts that this NEO will only reach a peak brighnness of 22.7 magnitude on 2022 Nov 4. The light curve is fairly flat so it should retain this brightness for several days - not that it matters much. The interesting thing about this object is that it was discovered last year AFTER it passed within 0.00020 AU (29.3k km) on 2021-Nov-01 10:33 ± < 00:01 UT. It was discovered on November 2. The Earth MOID (Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance) is 0.000141093 AU!
Here's the Object Information for this NEO:
It's not really observable, but I thought that it's neat that this new object has come around for another close pass a year later.
Phil S.