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Contents  on 15 August '08

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- one listing: 1 new
  • New MPECs -- three MPECs
• Observers -- eighteen 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 15 August '08

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

When last checked at 2357 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one new listing. This was a "one nighter." So far The Tracking News has counted a total of two 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 15 August '08

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

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

• MPEC 2008-P64 time-stamped "06:10 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2008-P65 time-stamped "13:58 UT" - Comet P/2008 O3 (Boattini) - see below
• MPEC 2008-P66 time-stamped "17:19 UT" - Comet C/2008 P1 (Garradd)

MPEC 2008-P66 - "17:19 UT" - Comet C/2008 P1 (Garradd)

• CK08P010   C/2008 P1 (Garradd) (i=61.2°, q=3.640 AU, TP=2009 July 2.633 TT) from the Siding Spring Survey (SSS) (Aug. 13.72-76p9), CEAMIG-REA (Aug. 14.24-25p3 & 15.23-24p3), Gisborne Obs. (Aug. 14.34-40p5), Tiki Obs. (Aug. 14.57-61p2), and El Leoncito Obs. (Aug. 15.22-30p10)

MPEC 2008-P65 - "13:58 UT" - Comet P/2008 O3 (Boattini)

• PK08O030   P/2008 O3 (Boattini) (Centaur, q=2.512 AU, Q=15.803 AU, TP=2008 June 4.806 TT) from Schiaparelli Obs. (Aug. 5.07-11p2) and Great Shefford Obs. (Aug. 14.10p1 & 15.11-13p2)

<< DOU on 15 Aug. '08 >>  MPEC 2008-P64 - "06:10 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
• K08P01F   2008 PF1 (small asteroid, arc=12 days, H=22.2 ~123m) from Great Shefford Obs. (Aug. 15.09p3)
• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K08P02F   2008 PF2 (arc=13 days, H=23.5 ~68m) from Hibiscus Obs. (Aug. 14.62-63p2)
• Observations of other objects
• K08P16V   2008 PV16 (arc=2 days, H=21.2 ~195m) from Mallorca Obs. (Aug. 14.08-10p3)
• K08O09S   2008 OS9 (arc=18 days, H=19.2 ~490m) from Mt. John Obs. (Aug. 12.69-72p6)
• K08B18T   2008 BT18 (arc=4 opp, H=18.3 ~741m) from Perth Obs. (Aug. 11.55-60p4)
• K05R34C   2005 RC34 (arc=2 opp, H=19.7 ~389m) from Bisei Spaceguard Center (July 18.55p6 & 23.55p5)
• K04S56B   2004 SB56 (arc=2 opp, H=19.3 ~467m) from Remanzacco Obs. (Aug. 14.81p2)
• K04B41O   2004 BO41 (arc=3 opp, H=17.5 ~1.07 km) from Bergen-Enkheim Obs. (Aug. 14.03-10p4)
• K03F06Q   2003 FQ6 (arc=3 opp, H=21.0 ~214m) from Hibiscus Obs. (Aug. 14.62-63p2)
• J96T09E   1996 TE9 (arc=3 opp, H=19.2 ~490m) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) (2001 Dec. 20.39p2 at V=21.51-22.20)
• 35107   35107 1991 VH from NEAT's GEODSS Haleakala telescope (1997 April 3.39-41p2) and NEAT's Mt. Palomar telescope (2002 Dec. 27.50-52p3 & 2003 March 7.25-27p2)
• 08567   8567 1996 HW1 from Taurus-1 Obs. (Aug. 14.96-99p13)

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Observers  on 15 August '08

Eighteen observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 15 August '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 15 August '08

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