[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Make Rare Close Flybyof Earth January 29

[Chris Peterson]

For those of us living under dark skies, Comet Holmes is far from gone. 
It remains an easy and obvious naked eye object, of remarkable size. In 
binoculars, it's even more impressive.

As for TU24, at something like 3 arcsec/sec, no patience will be 
required to see it move. That's fast enough that you'll actually see it 
drifting against background stars. It will be closest on the morning of 
29 January UT. So from North America, look for it in Perseus on the 
evening of 28/29 January. By 7pm EST on 29 January, it will be in Ursa 
Major, and a day past its closest approach, although it may still be 
getting brighter.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry" <grf2 at verizon.net>
To: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>; "Meteorite Mailing List" 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Make Rare Close 
Flybyof Earth January 29


> Looks like Perseus will be the center of attention once again.
> With Comet Holmes all but gone, Asteroid 2007 TU24 will glide through 
> Perseus on the evening of Jan 29 between 7pm and midnight EST. For 
> those of us lucky enough to have no cloud cover, a late rising moon 
> will not interfere with viewing.
> It appears to be moving swiftly enough at that time to be 
> distinguishable from background stars if one is patient enough to 
> spend an hour+ studying a telescopic [or good binocular] image.
> My own long range weather forecast is not promising
> Jerry Flaherty