(meteorobs) BULLETIN! Extremely close pass of a NEO on Monday night!

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>From Dr. Clay Sherrod (_http://www.arksky.org/_ (http://www.arksky.org/) ):

An exciting very close pass of a Near Earth  Asteroid for observers in the 
northern 
hemisphere awaits Monday and Tuesday  nights; NEO 2009 DD45 will skim within 
0.0003 AU of 
the Earth  (27,900-miles!) during the early evening hours of March 1 (2nd UT) 
and will  attain a brightness of at least mag. 10.8, "perhaps" even brighter.

This  object is moving incredibly fast, so charts and preparations will be 
necessary  to 
even keep up with it telescopically as it moves rapidly north and east  each 
hour.

For full details and ephemeris information, click:
_http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K09/K09D80.html_ 
(http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K09/K09D80.html) 

For details on the exact elements to enter into  any PC or GO TO program, use 
the MPC 
Ephemeris service at:
_http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html_ 
(http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html) 

This is an incredible opportunity to  witness a very, very close pass of a 
dangerous NEO 
toward  Earth.

Have fun!

-- joe rao

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