I generated the ephemerides for this thing and it is a "mover".
30min in RA per day and over 1.5deg in Dec per day.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, P T Chambers wrote:
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> I dont know how many of you get the NASA news but there is some
> interesting data at the URL. This asteriod will be the closest it gets
> until 2028. It is mag 12.8. This is the one that the early predictions
> said would hit the earth in 2028 but now we know that it will be 2.5 lunar
> distances away.
>
> NASA Science News for October 31, 2002
>
> Near-Earth asteroid 1997 XF11, which briefly scared astronomers five years
> ago, passes by Earth again this week on Halloween.
>
> FULL STORY at
>
> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/31oct_1997xf11.htm?list859022
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> Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
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