2009-08-14 Tracking News

Contents on 14 August '09

IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- five listings: 1 new, 4 updated
- New MPECs -- three 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
News image catalog - NEW 13-14 Aug. 2009
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.

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NEOCP Activity on 14 August '09

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 5 listings: 1 new, 4 updated

When last checked at 2358 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one new and four updated listings. Of these, four were "one nighters." So far The Tracking News has counted a total of six listings on the NEOCP at some point today.

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

New MPECs on 14 August '09

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

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

MPEC 2009-P46 time-stamped "00:20 UT" - 2009 JK1 - see below
MPEC 2009-P47 time-stamped "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
MPEC 2009-P48 time-stamped "15:08 UT" - 2009 PY

MPEC 2009-P48 - "15:08 UT" - 2009 PY

K09P00Y 2009 PY was discovered at 1317 UT on 13 Aug. by the Siding Spring Survey (SSS), which observed it at Aug. 13.55-57p3, 13.64p1, and 14.46p2. The discovery was confirmed by K. Hills via RAS Obs. Moorook (Aug. 13.68-71p6).

<< DOU on 14 Aug. '09 >> MPEC 2009-P47 - "06:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
K09P00H 2009 PH (arc=3 days, H=22.2 ~123m) from Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) (Aug. 13.13-15p3)
Observations of other objects
K09O04Z 2009 OZ4 (i=38.1°, Q=4.395 AU, arc=18 days, H=19.2 ~490m) from Doc Greiner Research Obs. (DGRO) (Aug. 12.24-25p5)
K09O00G 2009 OG (i=48.3°, q=0.382 AU, Q=5.029 AU, arc=27 days, H=16.1 ~2.04 km) from Grove Creek Obs. (Aug. 13.50p2), El Condor Obs. (Aug. 14.07-11p3), and Thompsonville Obs. (Aug. 14.10-11p6)
K09O00C 2009 OC (arc=2 opp, H=20.4 ~282m) from Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) (Aug. 13.34-35p6), Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.94p3), and Thompsonville Obs. (Aug. 14.21-22p6)
K09N00H 2009 NH (arc=34 days, H=18.8 ~589m) from PJMSO (Aug. 13.36p6) and Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.95p3)
K09N00E 2009 NE (q=0.361 AU, Q=4.987 AU, arc=4 opp, H=15.9 ~2.24 km) from PJMSO (Aug. 13.19-20p6) and Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.85-86p3)
K09N00A 2009 NA (Q=4.133 AU, arc=44 days, H=17.5 ~1.07 km) from Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 14.00-01p3)
K09M09C 2009 MC9 (arc=44 days, H=17.9 ~891m) from DGRO (Aug. 13.15-16p9) and Atlante Obs. (Aug. 13.96-97p3)
K09M06X 2009 MX6 (arc=50 days, H=19.2 ~490m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.83-84p3)
K09M01L 2009 ML1 (arc=52 days, H=19.6 ~407m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.97-98p3)
K09L00X 2009 LX (Q=4.543 AU, arc=63 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.98-99p3)
K09K02L 2009 KL2 (arc=2 opp, H=18.0 ~851m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.82p3)
K05M00C 2005 MC (Q=4.169 AU, arc=3 opp, H=16.4 ~1.78 km) from Walnut Creek Obs. (Aug. 13.30p3) and Bigmuskie Obs. (Aug. 13.93-94p3)
K04E21T 2004 ET21 (i=41.6°, arc=3 opp, H=20.5 ~269m) from ARO (Aug. 13.17-19p3 at V=21.7-22.3)
K02N01P 2002 NP1 (arc=3 opp, H=17.7 ~977m) from PJMSO (Aug. 13.35-36p5), Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Aug. 13.61-64p10), Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.95p3), Atlante Obs. (Aug. 14.00-01p3), and Thompsonville Obs. (Aug. 14.20-21p6)
K02L00V 2002 LV (arc=3 opp, H=16.6 ~1.62 km) from Betelgeuse Station (Aug. 4.86p3), Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Aug. 13.46-48p6), and Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.81p4)
K01L00C 2001 LC (q=0.340 AU, arc=4 opp, H=19.1 ~513m) from SSS (Aug. 13.66p1 & 13.70p1)
K01B61P 2001 BP61 (arc=3 opp, H=20.3 ~295m) from ARO (Aug. 13.14-15p3)
J98S27T 1998 ST27 (q=0.385 AU, arc=3 opp, H=19.5 ~426m) from ARO (Aug. 13.11-13p3)
L7390 217390 2005 CW25 from An Carraig Obs. (Aug. 12.93-99p4), Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.86p3), and Thompsonville Obs. (Aug. 14.15p6)
52387 52387 1993 OM7 from Tentlingen Obs. (Aug. 12.85-89p4)
24761 24761 Ahau (1993 BW2) from SSS (Aug. 13.61-63p4)
17274 17274 2000 LC16 from Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.93p3), Bigmuskie Obs. (Aug. 13.95-96p3), Atlante Obs. (Aug. 13.98-99p3), and Thompsonville Obs. (Aug. 14.18-19p6)
05626 5626 1991 FE from Castelmartini Obs. (Aug. 13.92p3) and Thompsonville Obs. (Aug. 14.16-17p6)
02100 2100 Ra-Shalom (1978 RA) from Thompsonville Obs. (Aug. 14.12-13p6)
01943 1943 Anteros (1973 EC) from Betelgeuse Sta. (Aug. 5.00-01p3)

MPEC 2009-P46 - "00:20 UT" - 2009 JK1

K09J01K 2009 JK1 from NEAT's Mt. Palomar telescope (2001 Sept. 14.45-47p3 & 2001 Oct. 29.42-44p3)

Observers on 14 August '09

Seventeen observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

Code	Observer / observatory
`J16`	An Carraig Obs. in Northern Ireland, 1 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 217390
`H55`	Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) in Illinois, 4 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 PH, 2004 ET21, 2001 BP61, 1998 ST27
`J51`	Atlante Obs. in the Canary Islands, 3 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 MC9, 2002 NP1, 17274
`B75`	Betelgeuse Station in Italy, 2 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2002 LV, 1943
`B88`	Bigmuskie Obs. in Italy, 2 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2005 MC, 17274
`160`	Castelmartini Obs. in Italy, 13 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 OC, 2009 NH, 2009 NE, 2009 NA, 2009 MX6, 2009 ML1, 2009 LX, 2009 KL2, 2002 NP1, 2002 LV, 217390, 17274, 5626
`H26`	Doc Greiner Research Obs. (DGRO) in Wisconsin, 2 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 OZ4, 2009 MC9
`I21`	El Condor Obs. in Argentina, 1 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 OG
`E16`	Grove Creek Obs. in New South Wales, 1 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 OG
`379`	Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. in Japan, 2 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2002 NP1, 2002 LV
`644`	NEAT's Mt. Palomar telescope in southern California, 1 in MPEC 2009-P46 -- 2009 JK1
`H45`	Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) in Arkansas, 4 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 OC, 2009 NH, 2009 NE, 2002 NP1
D90`	K. Hills via RAS Obs. Moorook in South Australia, 1 in MPEC 2009-P48 -- 2009 PY
`E12`	Siding Spring Survey (SSS) in New South Wales, 3 in MPECs 2009-P47 & 2009-P48 -- 2009 PY, 2001 LC, 24761
`A16`	Tentlingen Obs. in Switzerland, 1 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 52387
`H53`	Thompsonville Obs. in Illinois, 7 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2009 OG, 2009 OC, 2002 NP1, 217390, 17274, 5626, 2100
`G56`	Walnut Creek Obs. in northern California, 1 in MPEC 2009-P47 -- 2005 MC

For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page.

Impact Risk Monitoring on 14 August '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 14 August '09

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

1624	Grabbed MPEC 2009-P47 - Daily Orbit Update - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-P48 - 2009 PY - see above
0110	Grabbed MPEC 2009-P46 - 2009 JK1 - see above

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