Very close shave! NEO to come within 12,000 km of Earth today, February 4!
"The newly discovered object, officially designated 2011 CQ1, will make a close Earth approach today February 04, 2011 around 19:40UT at ~0.03(LD)/0.00008(AU) or 11855 km.
2011 CQ1 has been discovered by R. A. Kowalski few hours ago in the course of the "Catalina Sky Survey" with a 0.68-m Schmidt + CCD. The object was moving at roughly 6 "/min and it was of magnitude ~19. According to its absolute magnitude H=32 this is a very small object, in the order of 2-3 meters."
I happened to be outside and facing in the right direction to catch a very bright bolide quickly light everything up like it was daytime.
Friday, February 4, 2011
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