[meteorite-list] Rare Binary Asteroid and Two Asteroids Passed Closed to Earth

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:38:54 -0500
Message-ID: <ce173df1-3f5c-3274-f268-01595624deb2_at_att.net>

Cosmic Double Take: Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered Near Earth
By Meghan Bartels, Space.com, July 12, 2018
https://www.space.com/41154-rare-binary-asteroid-discovery-near-earth.html

Two asteroids zipped by Earth hours before anyone noticed
The bus-sized pieces of space debris whipped by us at relatively
close range over the weekend. by Eric Mack, Cnet, July 11, 2018
https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-2018-nw-nx-zipped-by-earth-hours-before-first-being-spotted/

2018 NX
https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=K18N00X
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20NX&orb=1

MPEC 2018-N34 : 2018 NW
https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K18/K18N34.html
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20NW&orb=1

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 12 Jul 2018 08:38:54 PM PDT