The 9.4 - 21 metre Asteroid 2001 FO127 is predicted to pass 0.029033 AU (11.3 lunar distances, 2,694,825 km) from the Earth at 9:00 GMT, on March 22, 2006. Another encounter (0.180531AU) will occur in July 17th 2006 .
03 Mar 2006 23.200 RA = 2 8 7.592 Dec = -66 41 48.21 Mag = 25.1 09 Mar 2006 23.200 RA = 3 51 27.415 Dec = -64 28 18.45 Mag = 24.1 16 Mar 2006 23.200 RA = 6 5 23.905 Dec = -49 22 3.69 Mag = 22.8 21 Mar 2006 23.200 RA = 7 16 16.316 Dec = -26 3 9.80 Mag = 22.0 22 Mar 2006 23.200 RA = 7 27 30.017 Dec = -20 38 13.84 Mag = 21.9 23 Mar 2006 23.200 RA = 7 37 53.169 Dec = -15 14 35.68 Mag = 21.9 24 Mar 2006 23.200 RA = 7 47 30.096 Dec = - 9 59 40.61 Mag = 21.9
The asteroid was discovered by B. Gladman at Kitt Peak on 30 March 2001. The orbital period of the asteroid is 305.085 days.
