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Contents  on 3 September '08

• Radar Astrometry -- one object
• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- two listings: 2 updated
  • New MPECs -- five MPECs
• Observers -- eighteen observing facilities
• Impact Risk Monitoring -- nothing to report
• Chronology

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• 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

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Radar Astrometry  on 3 September '08

Radar observation of one object

The JPL Solar System Dynamics Group Radar Astrometry database has added the following small-body radar observing work:

Data addition noted at 2258 UTC when the database was dated 3 Sept.

• 100085 1992 UY4 from Arecibo (2005 Aug. 6.27 range, 8.26 range & 9.27 range)

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NEOCP Activity  on 3 September '08

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 2 listings: 2 updated

When last checked at 2336 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had two updated listings. Both of these were "one nighters." So far The Tracking News has counted a total of seven objects listed on the NEOCP at some point today.

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New MPECs  on 3 September '08

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2336 UTC, there have been five MPECs issued today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2008-R15 time-stamped "06:07 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2008-R16 time-stamped "23:05 UT" - 2008 RT - see below
• MPEC 2008-R17 time-stamped "23:09 UT" - 2008 RU - see below
• MPEC 2008-R18 time-stamped "23:17 UT" - 2008 RV - see below
• MPEC 2008-R19 time-stamped "23:24 UT" - 2008 RW

MPEC 2008-R19 - "23:24 UT" - 2008 RW

• K08R00W   2008 RW (small asteroid, H=22.7 ~98m) was discovered at 1310 UT on 2 Sept. by the Siding Spring Survey (SSS), which observed it at Sept. 2.55-61p6, 2.66-67p4, 2.71-72p4, and 2.77-78p10. The discovery was confirmed by CEAMIG-REA (Sept. 3.25p3) and Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. (Sept. 3.35-37p4).

MPEC 2008-R18 - "23:17 UT" - 2008 RV

• K08R00V   2008 RV (Earth MOID=2.3 LD, H=21.7 ~155m) was discovered at 1056 UT on 2 Sept. by SSS, which observed it at Sept. 2.46-48p3, 2.53-54p5, 2.59-60p3, 2.66p2, and 2.71-72p4. The discovery was confirmed by Grove Creek Obs. (Sept. 2.55-58p4) and CEAMIG-REA (Sept. 3.22-23p3).

MPEC 2008-R17 - "23:09 UT" - 2008 RU

• K08R00U   2008 RU (small asteroid, H=22.3 ~117m) was discovered at 0955 UT on 2 Sept. by SSS, which observed it at Sept. 2.41-43p3, 2.49p5, 2.53-54p4, 2.59-61p2, 2.66-67p3, and 2.71-72p4. The discovery was confirmed by Grove Creek Obs. (Sept. 2.62-65p5) and CEAMIG-REA (Sept. 3.23-24p3).

MPEC 2008-R16 - "23:05 UT" - 2008 RT

• K08R00T   2008 RT (H=19.5 ~426m) was discovered at 1823 UT on 1 Sept. by SSS, which observed it at Sept. 1.77-81p7 and 2.71-72p3. The discovery was confirmed by KLENOT (Sept. 2.08-10p5), Sandlot Obs. (Sept. 2.37-38p3), and Young/Table Mtn. (Sept. 2.47-52p5 & 3.46-48p4).

<< DOU on 3 Sept. '08 >>  MPEC 2008-R15 - "06:07 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
• K08Q11S   2008 QS11 (arc=5 days, H=19.7 ~389m) from SSS (Sept. 1.64p1)
• K08O13N   2008 ON13 (Q=4.020 AU, arc=34 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from the Spacewatch 1.8m telescope (Sept. 3.19-20p3)
• K08O08P   2008 OP8 (arc=34 days, H=19.7 ~389m) from Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) (Sept. 2.18-20p3)
• K08O00O   2008 OO (arc=38 days, H=19.8 ~371m) from ARO (Sept. 2.08-11p3)
• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K08Q02M   2008 QM2 (arc=10 days, H=23.8 ~59m) from ARO (Sept. 2.15p4)
• K08Q01A   2008 QA1 (arc=10 days, H=22.5 ~107m) from ARO (Sept. 2.16-17p4)
• K08O00M   2008 OM (arc=39 days, H=22.3 ~117m) from ARO (Sept. 2.12-14p4)
• K07R12T   2007 RT12 (arc=2 opp, H=23.9 ~56m) from Desert Moon Obs. (Sept. 2.29-32p3)
• Observations of other objects
• K08Q00Z   2008 QZ (arc=12 days, H=20.5 ~269m) from KLENOT (Sept. 2.99p4)
• K08P03L   2008 PL3 (arc=28 days, H=19.4 ~446m) from Posadas Obs. (Sept. 2.02-03p3)
• K08N00U   2008 NU (Q=4.202 AU, arc=63 days, H=17.6 ~1.02 km) from ARO (Sept. 2.28-29p3)
• K08M01R   2008 MR1 (arc=3 opp, H=18.4 ~708m) from NEAT's USAF Haleakala telescope (2001 Nov. 18.26-28p2)
• K08M00Z   2008 MZ (Q=4.207 AU, arc=79 days, H=18.1 ~812m) from Grove Creek Obs. (Sept. 1.71p2) and SSS (Sept. 2.74-77p4)
• K06SL7Z   2006 SZ217 (arc=3 opp, H=17.4 ~1.12 km) from Mirasteilas Obs. (Sept. 2.82-84p3)
• K05T51Z   2005 TZ51 (arc=3 opp, H=17.9 ~891m) from Capannoli Obs. (Sept. 2.89-90p2)
• K04X44N   2004 XN44 (arc=2 opp, H=18.4 ~708m) from the Spacewatch 0.9m telescope (Sept. 2.27-31p3)
• K03A02Y   2003 AY2 (arc=3 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Sept. 3.18-19p3)
• K02S41S   2002 SS41 (i=63.7°, arc=3 opp, H=17.2 ~1.23 km) from ARO (Sept. 2.31-32p5)
• K02Q06Y   2002 QY6 (q=0.246 AU, arc=4 opp, H=19.6 ~407m) from KLENOT (Sept. 2.99-00p7)
• K01U16Z   2001 UZ16 (arc=3 opp, H=19.5 ~426m) from Desert Moon Obs. (Sept. 2.13-14p3) and Spacewatch 1.8m (Sept. 3.12-13p3)
• K01R17V   2001 RV17 (arc=3 opp, H=20.3 ~295m) from KLENOT (Sept. 3.00-01p8)
• K01O84E   2001 OE84 (arc=3 opp, H=17.9 ~891m) from Spacewatch 0.9m (Sept. 2.44-47p3)
• I8452   188452 2004 HE62 from Taurus-1 Obs. (Sept. 1.78-82p39)
• G4400   164400 2005 GN59 from Vitebsk Obs. (Sept. 1.83-84p6)
• F2685   152685 1998 MZ from Spacewatch 0.9m (Sept. 2.39-42p3)
• 16960   16960 1998 QS52 from Taurus-1 Obs. (Sept. 2.00-03p28)
• 08567   8567 1996 HW1 from Vitebsk Obs. (Sept. 1.87-88p6) and Thompsonville Obs. (Sept. 3.18p6)
• 04179   4179 Toutatis (1989 AC) from Posadas Obs. (Sept. 1.95p3)

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Observers  on 3 September '08

Eighteen observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 3 September '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 September '08

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