Asteroid flying between GOES Satellites and Earth

[GCANE]

A small (4-5 meter) asteroid discovered earlier today by R. A. Kowalski of the Catalina Sky Survey will pass by Earth on Feb. 4th around 19:40UT at a distance of 11855 km. 2011 CQ1 will not hit Earth, but it will pass well inside the Clarke Belt of geosynchronous satellites


http://remanzacco.blogspot.com/2011/02/ ... roach.html

[HURAKAN]

really close approach