Dutchsinse: 12/18/2015 — BREAKING: Asteroid to skim Earth in 1 day or less

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12/18/2015 — BREAKING : Asteroid [ 2015 YB ]                                 set to skim Earth in 1 days or less at 0.2 Lunar Distance by Michael Janitch News is breaking that a newly discovered asteroid named 2015YB will be narrowly skimming past Earth at 0.2LD (lunar distance) within the next day (December 18, 2015). Asteroid 2015 YB was discovered only 2 days ago, and has been rated at a condition code of "9" by professionals , which unfortunately is the greatest on a scale which normally only sees a few nines per year. The distance of 0.2 LD (lunar distance) means that the Asteroid should pass about 40,000 miles from Earth, or roughly 20% of the distance between the Earth and the moon. Another way to say it is:  The asteroid will pass between the Earth and the moon at a distance of about 40,000 miles / 64,000 km. Information from JPL: Orbital Elements at Epoch 2457372.5 (2015-Dec-16.0) TDB Reference: JPL 1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .5645463224474531 0.010662   a 1.840917782356081 0.038719 AU q .8016344183988349 0.0027695 AU i 6.689951015756286 0.11795 deg node 87.24729172524775 0.056925 deg peri 60.68317619116511 0.11436 deg M 342.4649303918351 0.64256 deg tp 2457416.938051664577 (2016-Jan-29.43805166) 0.22645 JED period 912.3259249452136 2.50 28.783 0.0788 d yr n .3945958238790797 0.012449 deg/d Q 2.880201146313328 0.060578 AU Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      10      data-arc span      1 day      first obs. used      2015-12-16      last obs. used      2015-12-17      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-BIG16      condition code      9      fit RMS      .64695      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2015-Dec-17 07:12:02   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .000349905 AU   T_jup = 3.802  ________ Full main stream media report on this new Asteroid here: http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/628045/Asteroid-could-injure-THOUSANDS-skim-Earth-TONIGHT-two-days-after-its-discovery It is worthy to note not too long ago we had another short warning for an Earth skimming asteroid.... that Asteroid was 2012 DA14...  and on the same day that 2012 DA14 passed by Earth, a giant meteor came down in Russia.  The officials at the time (2013) said that the meteor in Russia was not related to the close 0.1 - 0.2LD pass by of 2012 DA14... but I think we all know they denied the relation because they had said publicly that 2012 DA14 would not hit or cause any damage... Then Russia got hit. Obviously professionals were 100% wrong to say a full year ahead of time that "nothing" would happen at that close of a distance... now we know better. Keep watch for increased meteor fireball activity, upper atmosphere explosions, and possible (actual) meteor impacts on a small scale. Just like Russia in 2013, the full Asteroid might pass by, but the other debris traveling with the Asteroid could impact, and cause serious damage. Above: February 2013 a giant meteor crashed through the atmosphere above Russia on the same day a 0.1 - 0.2 lunar distance object passed by Earth (Asteroid 2012 DA14) Michael Janitch | December 18, 2015 at 8:50 pm