Contents on 5 June '09
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- none
- New MPECs -- two MPECs
- Observers -- seven 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 5 June '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 yesterday.
New MPECs on 5 June '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-L20 time-stamped "06:08 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
- MPEC 2009-L21 time-stamped "16:45 UT" - 2005 OU2
MPEC 2009-L21 - "16:45 UT" - 2005 OU2
- K05O02U 2005 OU2 (i=47.8°, H=19.0 ~537m) from Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) (May 22.34-36p3 at V=21.7-22.2 & June 5.35-37p2 at V=21.6-21.8)
<< DOU on 5 June '09 >> MPEC 2009-L20 - "06:08 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
- K09L00E 2009 LE (arc=2 days, H=23.6 ~65m) from the Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS) (June 4.38p4)
- K09L00D 2009 LD (arc=2 days, H=26.2 ~19m) from MLS (June 4.27p4)
- Observations of other objects
- K09K22J 2009 KJ22 (arc=3 days, H=20.1 ~323m) from La Sagra Obs. (June 2.05-07p3)
- K09J02M 2009 JM2 (arc=22 days, H=19.4 ~446m) from Siegen Obs. (May 29.99-00p3)
- K08W64M 2008 WM64 (arc=192 days, H=20.5 ~269m) from Naef Obs. (June 4.94-96p2)
- L3869 213869 2003 SG170 from Naef Obs. (June 4.88-90p3)
- J4386 194386 2001 VG5 from Mirasteilas Obs. (June 4.92-93p3)
- D8911 138911 2001 AE2 from Mirasteilas Obs. (June 4.94-96p3)
- 85989 85989 1999 JD6 from Capannoli Obs. (June 4.89p1)
- 24475 24475 2000 VN2 from MLS (June 4.16-18p4)
- 15745 15745 1991 PM5 from Mirasteilas Obs. (June 4.00-01p3)
- 05620 5620 Jasonwheeler (1990 OA) from Mirasteilas Obs. (June 4.98-99p3)
Observers on 5 June '09
Seven observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| H55 | Astronomical Research Obs. in Illinois, 1 in MPEC 2009-L21 -- 2005 OU2 |
| B09 | Capannoli Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2009-L20 -- 85989 |
| J75 | La Sagra Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2009-L20 -- 2009 KJ22 |
| B67 | Mirasteilas Obs. in Switzerland, 4 in MPEC 2009-L20 -- 194386, 15745, 138911, 5620 |
| G96 | Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS) in Arizona, 3 in MPEC 2009-L20 -- 2009 LE, 2009 LD, 24475 |
| A13 | Naef Obs. in Switzerland, 2 in MPEC 2009-L20 -- 2008 WM64, 213869 |
| 510 | Siegen Obs. in Germany, 1 in MPEC 2009-L20 -- 2009 JM2 |
| For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page. | |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 5 June '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.