JUST DISCOVERED: Two Asteroids Pass by the Earth-Moon System – NEO’s Close Approaches Dec. 2014

(Before It's News)

Two  newly discovered Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) 2014 WC201 and 2014 WX202 pass by the Earth-Moon system. 
Asteroid  2014 WC201,  the 30-metre space rock passes about 570,000 km from the Earth. That’s 1.4 times farther than the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

Another Apollo NEO also makes a close pass by the Earth this week, as 6-metre 2014 WX202 passes 400,000 kilometres (about the same average distance as the Earth to the Moon) from us at 19:56 UT/2:56 PM EST on December 7th.  
UNIVERSE TODAY  -  Read more here:   http://tinyurl.com/kxlyjsd

There are currently  8 known NEO Asteroids discovered that will pass within approximately 10LD or less, LD stands for “Lunar Distance”, in the month of October; expect that 10 or more NEOs will be discovered before month end. Be ready for some bolide, fireball, and meteor activity!   

- LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo  Read more here: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.gr/ 

 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.gr/2014/11/neos-close-approaches-for-december-2014.html

Near Earth Object Program http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

File Meteor Report here: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.gr/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html

Image credit: NASA

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