[meteorite-list] close

From: Philip R. Burns <pib_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:40 2004
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030514152230.02bd0e50_at_pibburns.com>

At 08:43 PM 5/14/2003 +0200, you wrote:

>Dear collectors,
>
>Several years ago a asteroid "flew" between the moon and earth. Who knows
>the date it happened, its name, its distance, its size, etc,etc,etc.
>
>Take care,
>
>Robert Bergkotte

You may be thinking of 1994 XM1 which came within 105,000 km of the Earth
in December 1994. That asteroid was about 10 meters across. Objects of
this size probably pass between the earth and moon several dozen times a
day, but they are not often seen.

See

         http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Closest.html

for a listing of recognized close approaches to the Earth by asteroids.


-- Philip R. "Pib" Burns
    pib_at_pibburns.com
    http://www.pibburns.com/
Received on Wed 14 May 2003 04:38:04 PM PDT