Near-Earth asteroid 2011 MD will successfully pass only 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) above the Planet's area on Thursday July 27 at about 9:30 EDT. The asteroid 2011 MD was found by the LINEAR near-Earth item development group monitoring from Socorro, New South america. The plan on the remaining reveals the velocity of 2011 MD estimated onto the Planet's orbital aircraft over a four-day period. The plan on the remaining gives another perspective from the common route of the Sun that indicates that 2011 MD will achieve its nearest World strategy point in excessive southeast permission (in fact over the southeast Sea Ocean). This small asteroid 2011 MD, only 5-20 metres across, is in a very Earth-like orbit about the Sun, but an orbital research indicates there is no opportunity it will actually attack World on Thursday. The inbound velocity leg goes several million kilometers outside the geosynchronous band of satellite and the confident leg goes well within the band. One would anticipate an item of this dimension to come this near to World about every 6 years on regular. For a brief time, it will be shiny enough to be seen even with a modest-sized telescope.
Asteroid 2011 MD
Don Yeomans & Paul Chodas
NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office
June 23, 2011http://indiaufo.blogspot.com/2011/06/asteroid-2011-md-to-pass-earth-on-27th.html
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