Contents on 12 November '07
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- 36 listings: 7 new, 29 updated
- New MPECs -- one MPEC
- Observers -- twelve observing facilities
- Impact Risk Monitoring -- nothing to report
- Chronology
Resources:
- Consolidated Risk Tables - CRT page
- Old & new CRT Archive
- Ephemerides for risk-rated objects
- Old News Archive & Small Objects Archive
The latest news: framed access (best),
RSS news feed (flags updates), or redirection - Note: A/CC has a main Web site and a backup site, which now has its own backup RSS news feed.
Navigation tips: Use the << and >> arrows on the menus for each regular section (Observers, Risks, etc.) to move to the previous and next day's news for that section. Use the Index menu item to access specific days this year through a calendar interface. And use the all-up news archive to access news from any time since A/CC began in early 2002. To keep track of what's new each day, watch the Chronology section.
NEOCP Activity on 12 November '07
The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 36 listings: 7 new, 29 updated
When last checked at 2355 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had seven new and 29 updated listings. Of these, fifteen were "one nighters."
To learn how observers use the NEOCP, see the Practical guide on how to observe NEOCP object by Birtwhistle et al. at Suno Observatory.
New MPECs on 12 November '07
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
As of last check at 2355 UTC, there has been one MPEC issued today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
<< DOU on 12 Nov. '07 >> MPEC 2007-V77 - "07:12 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
- K07V12D 2007 VD12 (arc=6 days, H=20.1 ~323m) from LINEAR (Nov. 11.31-36p5) and Shenton Park Obs. (Nov. 11.70-71p3)
- K07U12L 2007 UL12 (q=0.385 AU, arc=17 days, H=20.9 ~224m) from Shenton Park Obs. (Nov. 11.79p3)
- K07T66E 2007 TE66 (arc=30 days, H=21.3 ~186m) from the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) (Nov. 11.30-31p4)
- Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
- K07U12S 2007 US12 (arc=12 days, H=22.0 ~135m) from LINEAR (Nov. 11.21-24p4)
- Observations of other objects
- K07V07Y 2007 VY7 (arc=31 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from LINEAR (Nov. 11.20-23p4)
- K07V07X 2007 VX7 (arc=8 days, H=19.4 ~446m) from McDonald Obs. (Nov. 11.20-21p3) and Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (Nov. 11.88p3)
- K07U06S 2007 US6 (arc=29 days, H=18.3 ~741m) from Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (Nov. 11.85-86p3) and Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) (Nov. 12.08-09p6)
- K07T15G 2007 TG15 (arc=35 days, H=19.6 ~407m) from Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (Nov. 11.87p4) and PJMSO (Nov. 12.04p6)
- K07S11E 2007 SE11 (i=48.3°, arc=52 days, H=17.7 ~977m) from Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (Nov. 11.89-90p3)
- K07L32R 2007 LR32 (arc=171 days, H=17.2 ~1.23 km) from Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (Nov. 11.84p3) and PJMSO (Nov. 12.03-04p6)
- K06UL6S 2006 US216 (IEO, q=0.278 AU, Q=0.995 AU, arc=2 opp, H=19.8 ~371m) from CSS (Nov. 11.46-49p4)
- K05S71A 2005 SA71 (arc=2 opp, H=18.8 ~589m) from PJMSO (Nov. 12.05p5)
- K03W07M 2003 WM7 (q=0.304 AU, Q=4.668 AU, arc=3 opp, H=17.3 ~1.17 km) from the Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS) (Nov. 11.30-32p4)
- K01Q34C 2001 QC34 (arc=2 opp, H=20.0 ~339m) from McDonald Obs. (Nov. 11.11-13p2)
- K00SG2Y 2000 SY162 (arc=2 opp, H=19.2 ~490m) from LINEAR (Nov. 11.32-36p4)
- G3697 163697 2003 EF54 from MLS (Nov. 11.11-14p4 at V=22.2-4)
- G3692 163692 2003 CY18 from LINEAR (Nov. 11.33-37p4)
- G2452 162452 2000 HO14 from MLS (Nov. 11.11-13p4)
- G2215 162215 1999 TL12 from Lulin Minor Bodies Tracking (LIMIT) (Nov. 10.60-65p6) and CSS (Nov. 11.27-30p8)
- G2142 162142 1998 VR from Goodricke-Pigott Obs. (Nov. 9.22-23p2) and PJMSO (Nov. 12.09p6)
- G1998 161998 1988 PA from McDonald Obs. (Nov. 11.22-24p3)
- 99907 99907 1989 VA from San Vito Obs. (Nov. 11.84-85p3)
- 87311 87311 2000 QJ1 from LINEAR (Nov. 11.46-50p4)
- 68063 68063 2000 YJ66 from MLS (Nov. 11.37-40p4)
- 30997 30997 1995 UO5 from New Millennium Obs. (Nov. 11.18-21p4)
- 21374 21374 1997 WS22 from LINEAR (Nov. 11.26-31p5) and Red Barn Obs. (Nov. 11.28-29p7)
- 20826 20826 2000 UV13 from McDonald Obs. (Nov. 11.18-20p3)
- 11398 11398 1998 YP11 from LINEAR (Nov. 11.44-49p5)
- 08034 8034 Akka (1992 LR) from MLS (Nov. 11.30-33p4)
- 07977 7977 1977 QQ5 from LINEAR (Nov. 11.44-48p4)
- 03671 3671 Dionysus (1984 KD) from LINEAR (Nov. 11.26-31p3)
- 03553 3553 Mera (1985 JA) from San Vito Obs. (Nov. 10.92-93p2)
- 02340 2340 Hathor (1976 UA) from CSS (Nov. 11.15-17p4)
Observers on 12 November '07
Twelve observing facilities appear in today's MPEC.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| 703 | Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona, 4 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 2007 TE66, 2006 US216, 162215, 2340 |
| 683 | Goodricke-Pigott Obs. in Arizona, 1 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 162142 |
| 704 | LINEAR in New Mexico, 10 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 2007 VY7, 2007 VD12, 2007 US12, 2000 SY162, 87311, 21374, 163692, 11398, 7977, 3671 |
| D35 | Lulin Minor Bodies Tracking in Taiwan, 1 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 162215 |
| 560 | Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. in Italy, 5 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 2007 VX7, 2007 US6, 2007 TG15, 2007 SE11, 2007 LR32 |
| 711 | McDonald Obs. in Texas, 4 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 2007 VX7, 2001 QC34, 20826, 161998 |
| G96 | Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS) in Arizona, 5 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 2003 WM7, 68063, 163697, 162452, 8034 |
| A24 | New Millennium Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 30997 |
| H45 | Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) in Arkansas, 5 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 2007 US6, 2007 TG15, 2007 LR32, 2005 SA71, 162142 |
| H68 | Red Barn Obs. in Georgia, 1 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 21374 |
| 233 | San Vito Obs. in Italy, 2 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 99907, 3553 |
| D21 | Shenton Park Obs. in Western Australia, 2 in MPEC 2007-V77 -- 2007 VD12, 2007 UL12 |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 12 November '07
At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 2355 UTC) there was no risk monitoring news to report yet today. See the CRT for activity in the last month.
Chronology on 12 November '07
Times are UTC for when the items were noted or added by The Tracking News.
| 1434 | Grabbed MPEC 2007-V77 - Daily Orbit Update - see above |