(meteorobs) The newly discovered asteroid 2008 CM and Venus

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Mon Feb 4 13:34:02 EST 2008


NEODyS has eliminated all close approaches to Venus and Earth with updated orbital data.

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From: meteoreye at comcast.net 

> Sinced it's a fairly large asteroid ( or degassed comet like 3200 Phaethon?) 
> during the next several days enough observations should come in to greatly 
> reduce the uncertainty of the orbit. I have added it to my list of asteroids 
> that I monitor for the latest obs. 
> 
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> From: "Roberto G." 
> 
> > From: 
> > 
> > > If you go here: 
> > > http://131.114.72.13/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?quicksearch:0;main 
> > > and do a search on 2008 CM, it lists close approaches to earh and Venus 
> > > 
> > > Be aware that the orbit is quite tentative as it's based on only one day 
> > > of obervations. 
> > >Over the next few days many of those close approaches may evaporate. 
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for the link, in this site as I can see, 2008 CM can to be 
> > considered as a possible impactor of Venus, but certainly we must stand by 
> > for a better orbit. 
> > Best greetings. 
> > Roberto Gorelli 
> > 
> > 
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