When an asteroid flew past at 10 times the moon’s distance on Super Bowl Sunday, generating much interest, I commented to others here at EarthSky on how potentially misleading such stories are. After all, asteroids sweep past Earth all the time. For example, today (February 5, 2018) we hear news of two newly discovered asteroids called 2018 CB and 2018 CC, which come closer to us than the moon this week. The Super Bowl Sunday asteroid was a much-bigger object; these two are relatively small, and as such they’re newly discovered. The Virtual Telescope project has scheduled live, online coverage, to show them to you. More about that below.
Asteroid 2018 CC will be closest to Earth on February 6 at a distance of 0.5 lunar distances (~118,983 miles or 191,485 km). This is the 9th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year, 8th since January 15 and first this month. Its closest point to Earth will be at 20:45 UTC; translate UTC to your time. Its speed (relative to the Earth) of is ~6.5 miles per second (~10.5 km/s).
Asteroid 2018 CB will be closest to Earth on February 9 at a distance of 0.17 lunar-distances (~39,970 miles or 64,327 km). It will be the 10th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since 2018 began. Its closest point to Earth will be at 09:47 UTC; translate UTC to your time. Its speed relative to the Earth is about 5 miles per second (~8 km/s).
Online coverage. The Virtual Telescope Project in Rome will host live events for both asteroids, in partnership with Tenagra Observatories in the U.S. state of Arizona. Click here to go to Virtual Telescope Project.
There will be two live events for 2018 CC:
– From Arizona, the live streaming will start on February 6 2018 at 10:00 UTC
– From Italy, the live streaming will start on February 6 2018 at 20:00 UTC, covering the closest approach.
There will be one live event for 2018 CB (coming as close as 0.2 lunar distances on 10 Feb 2018 at 10:06 UTC – source Minor Planet Center):
From Italy, the live streaming will start on February 9, 2018 at 20:00 UTC.
Both asteroids were found just days ago by the Catalina Sky Survey, and both have been confirmed since then by other observatories.
Discovery announcement for 2018 CB
Discovery announcement for 2018 CC
This article will be updated as new information about these asteroids is added.
Bottom line: Information about two newly discovered asteroids – 2018 CB and 2018 CC – both of which will sweep within the moon’s distance to Earth in the second week of February 2018. Plus, how to watch online.
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/2EjTwby
When an asteroid flew past at 10 times the moon’s distance on Super Bowl Sunday, generating much interest, I commented to others here at EarthSky on how potentially misleading such stories are. After all, asteroids sweep past Earth all the time. For example, today (February 5, 2018) we hear news of two newly discovered asteroids called 2018 CB and 2018 CC, which come closer to us than the moon this week. The Super Bowl Sunday asteroid was a much-bigger object; these two are relatively small, and as such they’re newly discovered. The Virtual Telescope project has scheduled live, online coverage, to show them to you. More about that below.
Asteroid 2018 CC will be closest to Earth on February 6 at a distance of 0.5 lunar distances (~118,983 miles or 191,485 km). This is the 9th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year, 8th since January 15 and first this month. Its closest point to Earth will be at 20:45 UTC; translate UTC to your time. Its speed (relative to the Earth) of is ~6.5 miles per second (~10.5 km/s).
Asteroid 2018 CB will be closest to Earth on February 9 at a distance of 0.17 lunar-distances (~39,970 miles or 64,327 km). It will be the 10th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since 2018 began. Its closest point to Earth will be at 09:47 UTC; translate UTC to your time. Its speed relative to the Earth is about 5 miles per second (~8 km/s).
Online coverage. The Virtual Telescope Project in Rome will host live events for both asteroids, in partnership with Tenagra Observatories in the U.S. state of Arizona. Click here to go to Virtual Telescope Project.
There will be two live events for 2018 CC:
– From Arizona, the live streaming will start on February 6 2018 at 10:00 UTC
– From Italy, the live streaming will start on February 6 2018 at 20:00 UTC, covering the closest approach.
There will be one live event for 2018 CB (coming as close as 0.2 lunar distances on 10 Feb 2018 at 10:06 UTC – source Minor Planet Center):
From Italy, the live streaming will start on February 9, 2018 at 20:00 UTC.
Both asteroids were found just days ago by the Catalina Sky Survey, and both have been confirmed since then by other observatories.
Discovery announcement for 2018 CB
Discovery announcement for 2018 CC
This article will be updated as new information about these asteroids is added.
Bottom line: Information about two newly discovered asteroids – 2018 CB and 2018 CC – both of which will sweep within the moon’s distance to Earth in the second week of February 2018. Plus, how to watch online.
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/2EjTwby
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