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Contents  on 21 May '08

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- one listing: 1 new
  • New MPECs -- eight MPECs
• Observers -- five observing facilities
• Impact Risk Monitoring -- nothing to report
• Chronology

Resources:

• Consolidated Risk Tables - the CRT page
• Earth's Busy Neighborhood Traffic Report
• Ephemerides for risk-rated and nearby objects
• Old & new CRT Archive
• Old News Archive & Small Objects Archive

The latest A/CC news is available via framed access,  RSS news feed, or redirection. - Note: A/CC has a main Web site and also a backup site with its own duplicate 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 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.

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NEOCP Activity  on 21 May '08

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 1 listing: 1 new

When last checked at 2354 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one new listing.

To learn how observers use the NEOCP, see the Practical guide on how to observe NEOCP object by Birtwhistle et al. at Suno Observatory.

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New MPECs  on 21 May '08

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2354 UTC, there have been eight MPECs issued today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2008-K18 time-stamped "06:08 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2008-K19 time-stamped "12:51 UT" - 2006 OF15 - see below
• MPEC 2008-K20 time-stamped "17:29 UT" - Observable Comets - see below
• MPEC 2008-K21 time-stamped "17:46 UT" - Distant Minor Planets - see below
• MPEC 2008-K22 time-stamped "17:56 UT" - Atens and Apollos - see below
• MPEC 2008-K23 time-stamped "17:56 UT" - Amors - see below
• MPEC 2008-K24 time-stamped "17:56 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets - see below
• MPEC 2008-K25 time-stamped "17:56 UT" - PHAs

MPEC 2008-K25 - "17:56 UT" - PHAs

MPEC 2008-K24 - "17:56 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets

MPEC 2008-K23 - "17:56 UT" - Amors

MPEC 2008-K22 - "17:56 UT" - Atens and Apollos

MPEC 2008-K21 - "17:46 UT" - Distant Minor Planets

MPEC 2008-K20 - "17:29 UT" - Observable Comets

MPEC 2008-K19 - "12:51 UT" - 2006 OF15

• K06O15F   2006 OF15 (H=18.4 ~708m) from David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea (Feb. 27.52-53p2 at R=22.8-9, March 13.62p2 at R=22.7-8 & April 22.37p2 at R=22.0-22.1)

<< DOU on 21 May '08 >>  MPEC 2008-K18 - "06:08 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K08E07Q   2008 EQ7 (arc=74 days, H=22.6 ~102m) from Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) (May 19.31-33p3)
• Observations of other objects
• K08J30Y   2008 JY30 (arc=6 days, H=18.5 ~676m) from Tiki Obs. (May 20.53-56p3)
• K08J26R   2008 JR26 (arc=6 days, H=19.8 ~371m) from ARO (May 19.31-32p5)
• K08J07Z   2008 JZ7 (Q=4.374 AU, arc=14 days, H=18.5 ~676m) from ARO (May 18.08-09p3)
• K08J00J   2008 JJ (i=44.6°, arc=19 days, H=19.1 ~513m) from ARO (May 19.33p5)
• K08H03S   2008 HS3 (arc=21 days, H=21.7 ~155m) from Greiner Research Obs. (GRO) (May 21.17-18p18)
• K08G20V   2008 GV20 (arc=38 days, H=18.6 ~645m) from ARO (May 19.15-17p3)
• K08D00Y   2008 DY (Q=4.342 AU, arc=83 days, H=20.9 ~224m) from ARO (May 19.34-35p3)
• K07VI3R   2007 VR183 (Q=4.353 AU, arc=250 days, H=17.5 ~1.07 km) from GRO (May 21.14-15p19)
• K07V04Q   2007 VQ4 (arc=3 opp, H=16.1 ~2.04 km, q=1.271 AU) from GRO (May 21.15-17p28)
• K05N07B   2005 NB7 (arc=3 opp, H=18.7 ~616m) from Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. (May 20.38-40p4) and GRO (May 21.18-19p19)
• K05N06Z   2005 NZ6 (q=0.248 AU, arc=3 opp, H=17.6 ~1.02 km) from GRO (May 21.11-12p18)
• K05C41F   2005 CF41 (arc=2 opp, H=18.5 ~676m) from Young/Table Mtn. (May 20.36-38p4)
• K03K02O   2003 KO2 (q=0.356 AU, arc=4 opp, H=20.2 ~309m) from ARO (May 19.35-36p3)
• K01T45A   2001 TA45 (arc=4 opp, H=19.1 ~513m) from Tiki Obs. (May 20.46p1 & 20.51p1)
• K00AK5D   2000 AD205 (arc=2 opp, H=18.6 ~645m) from GRO (May 21.20p5)
• J99F00A   1999 FA (arc=2 opp, H=20.7 ~245m) from ARO (May 19.35-36p3)
• F4715   154715 2004 LB6 from ARO (May 19.34p2)
• 90367   90367 2003 LC5 from ARO (May 19.37-38p3)
• 53430   53430 1999 TY16 from ARO (May 19.39-40p2)

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Observers  on 21 May '08

Five observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 21 May '08

At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 2354 UTC) there was no risk monitoring news to report yet today. Visit the CRT to view activity in the last four weeks and our ephemerides page for a complete list of risk-rated objects under current observation or having recent news.

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Chronology  on 21 May '08

Times are UTC for when items were noted or added by The Tracking News.