Narrow conjunctions bright asteroids-Pleiades M45-Praesepe M44

[ricci]

For curiosity I have created a page with the narrow conjunctions between asteroids of magnitude below 9 and the clusters Pleiades and Praesepe.

Did someone know that the asteroid 1997XF11 will pass only at 954,000 km and will it be near to M44?

www.pierpaoloricci.it/dati/asteroidiammassi_eng.htm

[kniclander]

Did someone know that the asteroid 1997XF11 will pass only at 954,000 km and will it be near to M44?

I knew that 8)

[philsail1]

That's an interesting (and sobering!) chart you've put together "ricci."

It looks like the first chance I'll get of seeing an Asteroid passing close to the "M45" (Pleidies) is when "Iris" passes at 20.26:54seconds on 4th August 2043 - only problem is that I'll be 81 years old!! (I'll do my best to get my scope out though!)

All the dates before then look as though they are daylight passes.

Regards,

philsail1