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In asteroids, I always try to include a few of these that are close to the net or on the bay of the net, and these are referred to as near-Earth objects as opposed to potentially hazardous objects. A little bit more serious than these. These ones here are just, they fall within a certain range of our orbit around the Sun, so they're cataloged just to keep an eye on them. So, we have a target area, asteroid 2045 QK6, 2.8 lunar distances away, lunar distance away from us, so 2.8 times that, 21.5 km a second, 15 meters in diameter, so it's pretty small. Again, today asteroids 1998, SH-2, 8.1 lunar distance away, a little bit further out, 17.3 km a second coming in a bit faster, 246 meters in diameter, that's a bit bigger, much bigger. And on the 31st we have 2025 Q07, 0.7 lunar distance away, 8.2 km a second, 16 meters in diameter, so that's coming between us and the Moon, so it's a closer distance than the Moon is away from us. That bigger one, 1998 SH-2, I should have calculated before the net, was theoretically impacted when it hit the Earth, it's not too low, but I sometimes put it in the Sun. I may be able to work that out before the net's over. Could be fun just to show you how much energy that would expand if it hit the ground, or even at an air burst like when it hit the ground.