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Contents  on 17 February '09

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- none
  • New MPECs -- nine MPECs
• Observers -- seventeen 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

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NEOCP Activity  on 17 February '09

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page is currently empty

The NEOCP is currently empty. There were four listings noted earlier today.

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New MPECs  on 17 February '09

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2358 UTC, there have been nine MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2009-D08 time-stamped "05:19 UT" - 2004 PX27 - see below
• MPEC 2009-D09 time-stamped "05:24 UT" - 2004 QG20 - see below
• MPEC 2009-D10 time-stamped "05:27 UT" - 2004 SV26 - see below
• MPEC 2009-D11 time-stamped "05:31 UT" - 2005 WR54 - see below
• MPEC 2009-D12 time-stamped "05:33 UT" - 2006 MF10 - see below
• MPEC 2009-D13 time-stamped "05:36 UT" - 2006 UL217 - see below
• MPEC 2009-D14 time-stamped "05:37 UT" - 2008 GD - see below
• MPEC 2009-D15 time-stamped "07:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2009-D16 time-stamped "13:13 UT" - 2009 DD

MPEC 2009-D16 - "13:13 UT" - 2009 DD

• K09D00D   2009 DD (small asteroid, H=25.8 ~23m) was discovered at 0819 UT on 16 Feb. by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS), which observed it at Feb. 16.35-40p7. The discovery was confirmed by Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.92p3), Sormano Obs. (Feb. 16.96-99p6), Gnosca Obs. (Feb. 16.97p2), Remanzacco Obs. (Feb. 17.01p1), Great Shefford Obs. (Feb. 17.01p2), Schiaparelli Obs. (Feb. 17.01-02p4), and Sabino Canyon Obs. (Feb. 17.24p3).

<< DOU on 17 Feb. '09 >>  MPEC 2009-D15 - "07:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
• K09C04R   2009 CR4 (almost small, arc=3 days, H=21.8 ~148m) from the Spacewatch 1.8m telescope (Feb. 16.32p2)
• K09C00Z   2009 CZ (arc=14 days, H=17.8 ~933m) from Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) (Feb. 17.17-18p7)
• K09C00V   2009 CV (small asteroid, arc=14 days, H=24.2 ~49m) from Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Feb. 16.38-45p5)
• K09B81D   2009 BD81 (Q=4.023 AU, arc=17 days, H=20.6 ~257m) from Sormano Obs. (Feb. 16.94-95p3)
• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K09C01U   2009 CU1 (arc=13 days, H=22.3 ~117m) from CSS (Feb. 16.34-36p4)
• Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
• K09C05R   2009 CR5 (arc=2 days, H=22.0 ~135m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Feb. 16.36-37p3)
• Observations of other objects
• K09C05S   2009 CS5 (arc=2 days, H=19.6 ~407m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Feb. 16.33-35p3)
• K09B77D   2009 BD77 (arc=17 days, H=20.5 ~269m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Feb. 16.27-28p2)
• K08Y29E   2008 YE29 (Q=4.542 AU, arc=47 days, H=20.4 ~282m) from Schiaparelli Obs. (Feb. 14.89-90p2)
• K08Y27R   2008 YR27 (arc=72 days, H=18.1 ~812m) from PJMSO (Feb. 17.20-21p5)
• K08TF7E   2008 TE157 (Q=4.444 AU, arc=137 days, H=20.8 ~234m) from PJMSO (Feb. 16.28-29p6)
• K08R98M   2008 RM98 (Q=4.198 AU, arc=162 days, H=20.5 ~269m) from PJMSO (Feb. 16.27p6)
• K08Q03T   2008 QT3 (arc=176 days, H=18.8 ~589m) from Balzaretto Obs. (Feb. 15.82-83p3), PJMSO (Feb. 16.26-27p6), and Posadas Obs. (Feb. 16.91-92p3)
• K08E05V   2008 EV5 (arc=2 opp, H=20.0 ~339m) from PJMSO (Feb. 17.18-19p5)
• K06B10C   2006 BC10 (arc=3 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from PJMSO (Feb. 16.35p5) and CSS (Feb. 16.37-39p3)
• G2900   162900 2001 HG31 from Posadas Obs. (Feb. 16.90-91p3)
• A1873   101873 1999 NC5 from Crni Vrh Obs. (Feb. 15.78-81p4)
• 85867   85867 1999 BY9 from the Spacewatch 0.9m telescope (Feb. 16.31-35p3)
• 36284   36284 2000 DM8 from Posadas Obs. (Feb. 16.95-96p3)
• 35107   35107 1991 VH from Posadas Obs. (Feb. 16.88p3)
• 18109   18109 2000 NG11 from Crni Vrh Obs. (Feb. 15.86-88p4)
• 08566   8566 1996 EN from Spacewatch 0.9m (Feb. 16.32-35p3)
• 04179   4179 Toutatis (1989 AC) from Montana Blanca Obs. (Feb. 16.99-00p3)

MPEC 2009-D14 - "05:37 UT" - 2008 GD

• K08G00D   2008 GD (q=0.267 AU, H=19.7 ~389m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.15-16p3 at C=21.9-22.1 & 16.94p3 at C=21.6-21.9)

MPEC 2009-D13 - "05:36 UT" - 2006 UL217

• K06UL7L   2006 UL217 (Earth MOID=8.4 LD, H=20.8 ~234m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.01-02p3 at C=22.2-5 & 17.12-13p2 at C=22.7-8)

MPEC 2009-D12 - "05:33 UT" - 2006 MF10

• K06M10F   2006 MF10 (H=19.4 ~446m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.03-04p3 & 17.01-02p3)

MPEC 2009-D11 - "05:31 UT" - 2005 WR54

• K05W54R   2005 WR54 (H=19.2 ~490m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.11-13p3 at C=21.7-22.1 & 17.14p2 at C=21.7-22.0)

MPEC 2009-D10 - "05:27 UT" - 2004 SV26

• K04S26V   2004 SV26 (H=18.4 ~708m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.13-15p3 at C=22.0-22.2 & 17.16-18p3 at C=21.8-21.9)

MPEC 2009-D09 - "05:24 UT" - 2004 QG20

• K04Q20G   2004 QG20 (H=19.1 ~513m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.08-10p3 at C=22.4-7 & 16.97-98p2 at C=22.2-3)

MPEC 2009-D08 - "05:19 UT" - 2004 PX27

• K04P27X   2004 PX27 (H=18.5 ~676m) from Calar Alto Obs. (Feb. 16.05-06p3 & 17.10-11p2)

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Observers  on 17 February '09

Seventeen observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 17 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.

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Chronology  on 17 February '09

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