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Contents  on 6 July '08

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- three listings: 3 updated
  • New MPECs -- one MPEC
• Observers -- seven 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.

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NEOCP Activity  on 6 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.

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 6 July '08

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

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

<< DOU on 6 July '08 >>  MPEC 2008-N15 - "06:08 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
• K08M01V   2008 MV1 (small asteroid, arc=5 days, H=22.2 ~123m) from Tiki Obs. (July 5.43p1 & 5.47p1)
• K08L16W   2008 LW16 (arc=20 days, H=19.8 ~371m) from Tiki Obs. (July 5.48-51p2)
• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K08N00X   2008 NX (arc=3 days, H=25.0 ~34m) from Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) (July 5.24-26p5)
• K08N00A   2008 NA (arc=4 days, H=23.6 ~65m) from ARO (July 5.20p4) and Tiki Obs. (July 5.33-37p3)
• K08M01Q   2008 MQ1 (arc=5 days, H=24.3 ~47m) from ARO (July 5.27p3)
• K08L02H   2008 LH2 (arc=31 days, H=24.5 ~43m) from ARO (July 5.12-14p2 at V=22.3-4)
• K08GB0A   2008 GA110 (Q=4.497 AU, arc=82 days, H=22.1 ~129m) from ARO (July 5.19-20p2)
• Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
• K08M01P   2008 MP1 (arc=5 days, H=21.8 ~148m) from ARO (July 5.19p3)
• Observations of other objects
• K08N00B   2008 NB (arc=4 days, H=19.2 ~490m) from ARO (July 5.32-33p3)
• K08M01U   2008 MU1 (i=41.7°, arc=4 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from Tiki Obs. (July 4.51-55p4)
• K08M01R   2008 MR1 (arc=5 days, H=18.5 ~676m) from ARO (July 5.33-34p3)
• K08L16Q   2008 LQ16 (arc=21 days, H=20.3 ~295m) from ARO (July 5.23-24p3)
• K08J35T   2008 JT35 (Q=4.073 AU, arc=27 days, H=21.3 ~186m) from ARO (July 5.24-25p5)
• K08J26R   2008 JR26 (arc=53 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from ARO (July 5.21-23p3)
• K08J07Z   2008 JZ7 (Q=4.380 AU, arc=61 days, H=18.6 ~645m) from ARO (July 5.11-12p3)
• K08H03S   2008 HS3 (arc=66 days, H=21.7 ~155m) from ARO (July 5.21-23p5)
• K07Y56Q   2007 YQ56 (arc=2 opp, H=19.9 ~355m) from Bergen-Enkheim Obs. (July 4.96p1, 5.00p1 & 5.04p1)
• K07L15B   2007 LB15 (arc=2 opp, H=19.5 ~426m) from Mirasteilas Obs. (July 6.01-03p3)
• K06G00B   2006 GB (arc=3 opp, H=20.3 ~295m) from Mirasteilas Obs. (July 6.04-06p3)
• J98S15C   1998 SC15 (arc=5 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from ARO (July 5.32-35p3 at V=22.1-2)
• J90H00A   1990 HA (Q=4.358 AU, arc=4 opp, H=16.3 ~1.86 km) from ARO (July 5.27-30p2 at V=22.7-9)
• D7170   137170 1999 HF1 from Crespadoro Obs. (July 2.85-86p5)
• 66008   66008 1998 QH2 from Mirasteilas Obs. (July 5.94-96p3)
• 11398   11398 1998 YP11 from Crespadoro Obs. (July 2.89-90p5) and Tentlingen Obs. (July 4.93-00p7)
• 07889   7889 1994 LX from Crespadoro Obs. (July 1.87p5)
• 05332   5332 1990 DA from the Siding Spring Survey (SSS) (July 5.81-83p4)
• 01917   1917 Cuyo (1968 AA) from Crespadoro Obs. (July 2.92p5)

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Observers  on 6 July '08

Seven observing facilities appear in today's MPEC.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 6 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 6 July '08

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