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Possible Close Approach of 2016 WM1
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This rock is not even listed on the Spaceweather page. Probably due to the uncertainty/error of 4 days. It is showing close the 15th on the http://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/neos page. The most recent obs I've found was on 2016 11 24.15172 at mag 18.6V by Mt. Lemmon with an epoch of 2019-04-27.0. If using elements from the MPC (epoch Jan 21) and those from Lowell (May 1), I find the rock plotted 93° apart for current date. If I use the elements on the discovery page (epoch 2019-04-27.0), I get it only 2° from the MPC position. So, yea, I would say until we get one of the big observatories to sweep this lost rock up, we are sunk. +/- 4 days !! Ouch. Until it gets above us and/or outside our orbit in a few days, it may be difficult to pick up.
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Possible Close Approach of 2016 WM1 - by PMSchu - 2022-05-11, 04:26 PM
RE: Possible Close Approach of 2016 WM1 - by bigmasterdrago - 2022-05-12, 12:19 PM

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