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Sunday14 December 200310:53pm MST2003-12-15 UTC 0553
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New-found:  Saturday the 13th was a lucky day for LINEAR in New Mexico, discovering two kilometer-size objects in the morning that were confirmed and announced this morning — 2003 XE11 (MPEC 2003-X54) and 2003 XF11 (MPEC 2003-X55). The larger of the two, XF11 at about 1.2 km. (0.74 mile) wide, is categorized by the Minor Planet Center as potentially hazardous.


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Risk monitoring 14 Dec.

The Sunday Daily Orbit Update MPEC has a 2003 XM observation triplet from Great Shefford Observatory this morning in England. And today NEODyS pared its 2003 XM risk assessment down to just two low-rated impact solutions. Update: At 9:45pm Sunday in Pasadena, JPL had not updated its 2003 XM assessment with yesterday and today's new data.

The Minor Planet Center's Last Observation page is is showing that Jornada Observatory in New Mexico caught 2003 WW26 this morning.

Summary Risk Table - sources checked at 1716 UTC, 14 Dec

Object

Assessment

Years

VI
PS
cum
PS
max
T
S
Arc 
days
 2003 XM NEODyS 12/142059-20752-4.48-4.48010.704
JPL 12/82029-210124-3.86-4.4804.033
 2003 WY153 NEODyS 12/72071-20711-7.36-7.3607.918
JPL 12/72071-20711-7.41-7.4107.918
 2003 WW26NEODyS 12/9R E M O V E D
JPL 12/92061-20611-7.64-7.64017.677
 2003 WT153 NEODyS 12/52043-208036-6.61-6.9902.501
JPL 12/52044-210340-6.75-7.4102.501
VI = count of "virtual impactors" (impact solutions)
See A/CC's Consolidated Risk Tables for more and maybe
  newer details, and check the monitors' links for latest info.

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