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Contents  on 27 June '09

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- six listings: 2 new, 4 updated
  • New MPECs -- three 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.

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NEOCP Activity  on 27 June '09

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 6 listings: 2 new, 4 updated

When last checked at 2359 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had two new and four updated listings. Of these, four were "one nighters."

To learn how observers use the NEOCP, see the Practical guide on how to observe NEOCP object at Suno Observatory by Birtwhistle et al.

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New MPECs  on 27 June '09

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2359 UTC, there have been three MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2009-M41 time-stamped "02:39 UT" - Comets C/2008 Y18, 2009 A7, 2009 B8, 2009 B9 (SOHO) - see below
• MPEC 2009-M42 time-stamped "02:46 UT" - Comets C/2009 B10, 2009 B11, 2009 C3 (SOHO) - see below
• MPEC 2009-M43 time-stamped "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

<< DOU on 27 June '09 >>  MPEC 2009-M43 - "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• K09M00A   2009 MA (arc=11 days, H=21.5 ~170m) from Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Obs. (June 26.93-94p3)
• K09K22J   2009 KJ22 (arc=27 days, H=20.0 ~339m) from La Sagra Obs. (June 27.09-12p3)
• K08V01B   2008 VB1 (arc=234 days, H=20.6 ~257m) from the Siding Spring Survey (SSS) (June 25.45-46p2)
• K01F90E   2001 FE90 (arc=2 opp, H=20.5 ~269m) from Posadas Obs. (June 25.96p4), Doc Greiner Research Obs. (DGRO) (June 26.19p7), and Thompsonville Obs. (June 27.16-17p6)
• L6115   216115 2006 SU19 from La Sagra Obs. (June 24.03-06p3)
• L5442   215442 2002 MQ3 from Capannoli Obs. (June 26.91-92p2)
• L2546   212546 2006 SV19 from Thompsonville Obs. (June 27.20-22p6)
• J4386   194386 2001 VG5 from La Sagra Obs. (June 23.97-99p3)
• 24761   24761 Ahau (1993 BW2) from La Sagra Obs. (June 26.09-13p3)
• 05620   5620 Jasonwheeler (1990 OA) from Thompsonville Obs. (June 27.17-19p6)

MPEC 2009-M42 - "02:46 UT" - Comets C/2009 B10, 2009 B11, 2009 C3 (SOHO)

• CK09C030   C/2009 C3 from the LASCO Coronagraph 3 aboard the Solar & Heliospheric Obs. (SOHO) (Feb. 4.28-35p6, 4.61-64p4, 4.85-90p8, 4.97-99p4, 5.39-40p4 & 5.45-47p4) and the LASCO Coronagraph 2 aboard the Solar & Heliospheric Obs. (SOHO) (Feb. 5.48-50p4)
• CK09B110   C/2009 B11 from SOHO C3 (Jan. 30.80-82p4, 30.86-93p8 & 30.97-03p8)
• CK09B100   C/2009 B10 from SOHO C2 (Jan. 29.27-38p16)

MPEC 2009-M41 - "02:39 UT" - Comets C/2008 Y18, 2009 A7, 2009 B8, 2009 B9 (SOHO)

• CK09B090   C/2009 B9 from SOHO C3 (Jan. 29.24-28p6 & 29.32-51p20)
• CK09B080   C/2009 B8 from SOHO C3 (Jan. 20.97-28p32)
• CK09A070   C/2009 A7 from the HI1-A instrument (4) aboard STEREO-A (Jan. 4.21-49p22) and SOHO C3 (Jan. 4.51-74p22)
• CK08Y180   C/2008 Y18 from STEREO-A/HI1-A (4) (2008 Dec. 25.21-43p18) and SOHO C2 (2008 Dec. 25.83-85p6)

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Observers  on 27 June '09

Nine observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 27 June '09

At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 2359 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 27 June '09

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