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2004 EU22
... is an apollo-class NEO. It was was discovered by LINEAR on 15 March 2004 and had its closest approach to earth on the same day at a distance of 0.0132 AU or roughly 5 lunar distances. On 17 March 2004 at 21:00 we were able to pick it up in the constellation Leo. The NEO was moving at a speed of 22"/min. So the exposure time was limited to 10 seconds for a single frame.
Three series of 18 images were stacked with Astrometrica. The temporary designation AM37068 was changed to 2004 EU22 after five other observatories reported astrometry to the MPC.
