Contents on 11 February '09
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- none
- New MPECs -- two MPECs
- Observers -- nine 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.
NEOCP Activity on 11 February '09
The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page is currently empty
The NEOCP is currently empty. There was one listing noted earlier today.
New MPECs on 11 February '09
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
As of last check at 2358 UTC, there have been two MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- MPEC 2009-C76 time-stamped "07:04 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
- MPEC 2009-C77 time-stamped "17:33 UT" - 2009 BL80
MPEC 2009-C77 - "17:33 UT" - 2009 BL80
- K09B80L 2009 BL80 (q=2.203 AU, Q=10.073 AU, H=16.3 ~1.86 km) from the Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS) (2008 Oct. 24.46-47p4, Nov. 1.45-47p3 & Dec. 31.37-40p3), the Spacewatch 0.9m telescope (Dec. 31.47-51p3), and the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) (Jan. 28.21-23p4)
<< DOU on 11 Feb. '09 >> MPEC 2009-C76 - "07:04 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
- K09B58L 2009 BL58 (arc=13 days, H=24.7 ~39m) from Great Shefford Obs. (Feb. 11.10-11p2)
- Observations of other objects
- K09C01S 2009 CS1 (arc=8 days, H=21.0 ~214m) from Great Shefford Obs. (Feb. 11.00-01p3)
- K09B71K 2009 BK71 (i=36.3°, arc=12 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. (Feb. 11.18-20p4)
- K08E00G 2008 EG (q=0.246 AU, arc=2 opp, H=20.0 ~339m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Jan. 30.22-23p2)
- K02V94Y 2002 VY94 (Q=5.375 AU, arc=2 opp, H=16.8 ~1.48 km) from Ernesto Guido via RAS Obs. Mayhill (Feb. 10.14-17p2)
- K7398 207398 2006 AS2 from Castelmartini Obs. (Feb. 9.78-79p11)
- K6910 206910 2004 NL8 from LINEAR (Feb. 6.38-43p5)
Observers on 11 February '09
Nine observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| 493 | Calar Alto Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2009-C76 -- 2008 EG |
| 160 | Castelmartini Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2009-C76 -- 207398 |
| 703 | Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, 1 in MPEC 2009-C77 -- 2009 BL80 |
| J95 | Great Shefford Obs. in England, 2 in MPEC 2009-C76 -- 2009 CS1, 2009 BL58 |
| 704 | LINEAR in New Mexico, 1 in MPEC 2009-C76 -- 206910 |
| G96 | Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona, 1 in MPEC 2009-C77 -- 2009 BL80 |
| H06% | Ernesto Guido in Italy via RAS Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 1 in MPEC 2009-C76 -- 2002 VY94 |
| 691 | Spacewatch 0.9m telescope in Arizona, 1 in MPEC 2009-C77 -- 2009 BL80 |
| 6735 | Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. in southern California, 1 in MPEC 2009-C76 -- 2009 BK71 |
| For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page. | |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 11 February '09
At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 2358 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.