Kimberly (20
Feb 2012)
"To David Daughtery:
Twin Asteroids To Make Close Approach Apr. 6 & 7 -
PASSOVER"
David, the vision you
had is amazing!!! I was looking at near earth objects several
weeks ago and these caught my attention because of the dates
and the lunar distances. When I read about your
vision, I knew that I needed to tell you about these.
This asteroid is due
to pass by on March 28. This is 2-3 days from Shabbat
HaGadol (Great Sabbath), the Sabbath preceeding Passover.
Object Name: (2002 EW8)
Close Approach
Date: 2012-Mar-28
Miss Distance
(AU): 0.1996
Miss Distance
(LD): 77.7
Estimated Diameter*: 53 m - 120 m
H (mag):
23.5
Relative
Velocity (km/s): 13.67
The miss distance of
this asteroid is 77.7 Lunar Distances.
Take a look at these 2
asteroids. One passes by on April 6 (Erev Pesach), the other
on April 7 (Pesach I).
Object Name: (2003 UD22)
Close Approach
Date: 2012-Apr-06
Miss Distance
(AU): 0.1711
Miss Distance
(LD):
66.6
Estimated Diameter*: 320 m - 720 m
H (mag):
19.6
Relative
Velocity (km/s): 12.91
Object Name: (1995 DW1)
Close Approach
Date: 2012-Apr-07
Miss Distance
(AU): 0.1711
Miss Distance
(LD):
66.6
Estimated Diameter*: 160 m - 360 m
H (mag):
21.1
Relative
Velocity (km/s): 12.85
The miss distance of
both these asteroids are 66.6 Lunar Distances.
There are 10 days
between the event on 3/28 and the event on 4/7.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
Kimberly