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Contents  on 3 July '08

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- three listings: 3 updated
  • New MPECs -- two MPECs
• Observers -- twelve 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 3 July '08

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 3 listings: 3 updated

When last checked at 2357 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had three updated listings. So far The Tracking News has counted a total of four objects listed on the NEOCP at some point today.

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 3 July '08

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2357 UTC, there have been two MPECs issued today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2008-N10 time-stamped "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2008-N11 time-stamped "15:04 UT" - 2008 NU

MPEC 2008-N11 - "15:04 UT" - 2008 NU

• K08N00U   2008 NU (Q=4.537 AU, H=17.4 ~1.12 km) was discovered at 0951 UT on 1 July by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS), which observed it at July 1.41-45p8 and 3.46p4. The discovery was confirmed by Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. (July 1.45-47p4), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (July 2.31-33p4), Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) (July 2.33-34p3), the Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS) (July 2.40-41p3), and Dave Balam via Plaskett 1.8m Telescope (July 2.43p3).

<< DOU on 3 July '08 >>  MPEC 2008-N10 - "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
• K08L16V   2008 LV16 (arc=17 days, H=20.1 ~323m) from ARO (July 2.29-30p4) and Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) (July 2.34-35p7)
• K08L08W   2008 LW8 (arc=23 days, H=17.3 ~1.17 km) from ARO (July 2.36p3)
• K08J24O   2008 JO24 (arc=53 days, H=18.4 ~708m) from PJMSO (July 2.35-36p5)
• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K08N00A   2008 NA (arc=2 days, H=23.6 ~65m) from Radebeul Obs. (July 1.88-92p4), ARO (July 2.16-17p5), and Great Shefford Obs. (July 2.93-95p4)
• K08M01Q   2008 MQ1 (arc=2 days, H=24.3 ~47m) from ARO (July 2.25p4)
• K08G03R   2008 GR3 (arc=86 days, H=24.9 ~35m) from the Spacewatch 0.9m telescope (July 2.32-35p3)
• K08G02G   2008 GG2 (arc=88 days, H=22.7 ~98m) from ARO (July 2.14-17p2 at V=23.2-3)
• Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
• K08M01P   2008 MP1 (arc=3 days, H=21.8 ~148m) from ARO (July 2.17-18p3), Great Shefford Obs. (July 2.92-93p3), and Spacewatch 0.9m (July 3.22-23p2)
• K08H66E   2008 HE66 (arc=63 days, H=21.8 ~148m) from ARO (July 2.22-23p3)
• Observations of other objects
• K08N00B   2008 NB (arc=1 day, H=19.1 ~513m) from ARO (July 2.27-28p4)
• K08M01R   2008 MR1 (arc=2 days, H=18.4 ~708m) from ARO (July 2.35p3)
• K08M01N   2008 MN1 (i=37.2°, arc=3 days, H=20.1 ~323m) from the Siding Spring Survey (SSS) (July 2.81-83p3)
• K08L16Q   2008 LQ16 (arc=18 days, H=20.3 ~295m) from ARO (July 2.24-25p4)
• K08J35T   2008 JT35 (Q=4.070 AU, arc=24 days, H=21.3 ~186m) from PJMSO (July 2.19p7) and ARO (July 2.23p5)
• K08J30Z   2008 JZ30 (arc=49 days, H=18.5 ~676m) from MLS (July 2.39-40p4)
• K08H03S   2008 HS3 (arc=63 days, H=21.7 ~155m) from PJMSO (July 2.18-19p6)
• K07M04C   2007 MC4 (arc=2 opp, H=21.1 ~204m) from PJMSO (July 2.28-29p5)
• K07L00L   2007 LL (arc=2 opp, H=20.5 ~269m) from Stia Obs. (July 1.86-87p4)
• K05T45U   2005 TU45 (arc=3 opp, H=17.2 ~1.23 km) from PJMSO (July 2.15-16p6)
• K05C00A   2005 CA (Q=4.338 AU, arc=6 opp, H=15.5 ~2.69 km, q=1.123 AU) from PJMSO (July 2.17p5)
• K04V00A   2004 VA (arc=4 opp, H=17.3 ~1.17 km) from ARO (July 2.31-33p3)
• K04N08L   2004 NL8 (Q=4.419 AU, arc=3 opp, H=17.1 ~1.29 km) from Spacewatch 0.9m (July 2.32-36p2)
• K03O04B   2003 OB4 (Q=4.516 AU, arc=2 opp, H=19.2 ~490m) from PJMSO (July 2.16p5)
• K01T45A   2001 TA45 (arc=4 opp, H=19.1 ~513m) from PJMSO (July 2.29-30p5)
• H3689   173689 2001 PK9 from PJMSO (July 2.27-28p5)
• D7170   137170 1999 HF1 from CSS (July 2.22-23p4)
• 65996   65996 1998 MX5 from PJMSO (July 2.33-34p5)
• 26379   26379 1999 HZ1 from ARO (July 2.26-28p3)
• 11398   11398 1998 YP11 from PJMSO (July 2.20p5)
• 04179   4179 Toutatis (1989 AC) from Spacewatch 0.9m (July 2.38-41p3)
• 01917   1917 Cuyo (1968 AA) from PJMSO (July 2.36p5)
• 01866   1866 Sisyphus (1972 XA) from CSS (July 2.20-22p4)

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Observers  on 3 July '08

Twelve observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 3 July '08

At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 2357 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 3 July '08

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