Contents on 11 March '09
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- none
- New MPECs -- seven MPECs
- Observers -- three 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 March '09
The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page is currently empty
The NEOCP is currently empty and hasn't been noted by The Tracking News as being active yet today (checked at 2358 UTC). It was last noted active on March 8th.
New MPECs on 11 March '09
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
As of last check at 2358 UTC, there have been seven MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- MPEC 2009-E52 time-stamped "02:01 UT" - Observable Comets - see below
- MPEC 2009-E53 time-stamped "03:05 UT" - Distant Minor Planets - see below
- MPEC 2009-E54 time-stamped "03:08 UT" - Atens and Apollos - see below
- MPEC 2009-E55 time-stamped "03:08 UT" - Amors - see below
- MPEC 2009-E56 time-stamped "03:08 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets - see below
- MPEC 2009-E57 time-stamped "03:08 UT" - PHAs - see below
- MPEC 2009-E58 time-stamped "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
<< DOU on 11 Mar. '09 >> MPEC 2009-E58 - "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
- K09D03R 2009 DR3 (arc=25 days, H=21.5 ~170m) from Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. (March 9.91p3) and Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. (March 11.12-14p4)
- K09C02R 2009 CR2 (Q=5.036 AU, arc=36 days, H=16.6 ~1.62 km) from Young/Table Mtn. (March 11.15-18p5)
- Observations of other objects
- K09D01D 2009 DD1 (arc=20 days, H=20.3 ~295m) from Young/Table Mtn. (March 11.21-22p2)
- K07B02T 2007 BT2 (arc=3 opp, H=17.2 ~1.23 km) from Skylive Obs. (March 11.15-16p3)
MPEC 2009-E57 - "03:08 UT" - PHAs
MPEC 2009-E56 - "03:08 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets
MPEC 2009-E55 - "03:08 UT" - Amors
MPEC 2009-E54 - "03:08 UT" - Atens and Apollos
MPEC 2009-E53 - "03:05 UT" - Distant Minor Planets
MPEC 2009-E52 - "02:01 UT" - Observable Comets
Observers on 11 March '09
Three observing facilities appear in today's MPEC.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| 560 | Madonna di Dossobuono Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2009-E58 -- 2009 DR3 |
| B40 | Skylive Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2009-E58 -- 2007 BT2 |
| 6735 | Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. in southern California, 3 in MPEC 2009-E58 -- 2009 DR3, 2009 DD1, 2009 CR2 |
| For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page. | |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 11 March '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.
Chronology on 11 March '09
Times are UTC for when items were noted or added by The Tracking News.
| 1417 | Grabbed MPEC 2009-E58 - Daily Orbit Update - see above |
| 0404 | Grabbed MPEC 2009-E53 - Distant Minor Planets - see above |
| 0403 | Grabbed MPEC 2009-E52 - Observable Comets - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-E54 - Atens and Apollos - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-E55 - Amors - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-E56 - Unusual Minor Planets - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-E57 - PHAs - see above |