Close encounter w/HST

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Greetings again,

I performed a similar conjunction search for the Hubble Space Telescope.
I noticed that Hubble was visited by DMSP B5D2-3 Deb D on March 18
at 17:34:22 and 18:22:53 UTC at ranges of 3.4 km and 7.5 km.

But tomorrow (Friday), HST will get a close-up view of STEP 2 Pegasus Deb =
HZ
(#24174).  Conjunction is at 17:02:00.6 UT at a current predicted range =
of only
500 meters.  (The orbits miss each other by 400 meters, so there's no =
danger
of impact.)  The Pegasus debris will be below Hubble, and both will be =
sunlit.  Conjunction occurs above Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

HST
1 20580U 90037B   98075.27023839  .00000834  00000-0  75355-4 0   408
2 20580  28.4684 101.1983 0014750 141.4522 218.7111 14.86639374233570

STEP 2 Pegasus Deb HZ
1 24174U 94029HZ  98077.86282819  .00003563  00000-0  94497-3 0  1767
2 24174  81.7846 299.8761 0243022 157.0439 204.1834 14.32356277201621

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