Contents on 30 October '09
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New MPECs on 30 October '09
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
As of last check at 2358 UTC, there have been eleven MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- MPEC 2009-U128 time-stamped "06:11 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
- MPEC 2009-U129 time-stamped "16:07 UT" - 2006 DQ62 = 2009 SC - see below
- MPEC 2009-U130 time-stamped "16:28 UT" - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U131 time-stamped "16:35 UT" - Comet P/2009 QG31 (La Sagra) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U132 time-stamped "16:45 UT" - Comet P/2009 S1 (Gibbs) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U133 time-stamped "17:00 UT" - Comet P/2009 T2 (La Sagra) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U134 time-stamped "17:09 UT" - Comet C/2009 T3 (LINEAR) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U135 time-stamped "17:17 UT" - Comet C/2009 U3 (Hill) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U136 time-stamped "18:33 UT" - Comet C/2009 U5 (Grauer) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U137 time-stamped "18:42 UT" - Comet P/2009 U6 (LINEAR) - see below
- MPEC 2009-U138 time-stamped "18:56 UT" - Observations of Comets
MPEC 2009-U138 - "18:56 UT" - Observations of Comets
- PK09U020 P/2009 U2 (LINEAR) from Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Oct. 21.30p1, 21.34p1 & 21.39p1), the Spacewatch 0.9m telescope (Oct. 24.36-39p3), and Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 29.15p1)
- CK09P020 C/2009 P2 (Boattini) from Szeged Obs. (Sept. 15.90-91p2 & 22.96p2), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Oct. 25.07-09p2 & 26.05-09p3), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 25.80p1 & 26.77-78p2), and La Vara Obs. (Oct. 26.99-00p3)
- CK09O040 C/2009 O4 (Hill) from Campo Catino Austral Obs. (CAO) (Oct. 22.12p1 & 22.28p1), Beta Orionis Obs. (Oct. 25.04-06p3), and Gisborne Obs. (Oct. 28.39-54p7)
- PK09O030 P/2009 O3 (Hill) from Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.00-02p3), Posadas Obs. (Oct. 25.01-02p3), LINEAR (Oct. 25.23-26p3), Farm Cove Obs. (Oct. 25.45-46p4), and Cielo Profundo Obs. (Oct. 25.92-95p3)
- CK08S030 C/2008 S3 (Boattini) from Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.64-65p2), Spacewatch 0.9m (Oct. 24.36-39p3), and Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 25.07p3)
- CK08P010 C/2008 P1 (Garradd) from Szeged Obs. (Sept. 15.92p2 & 22.94-95p2), Irmtraut Obs. (Oct. 20.82-83p3), Geisei Obs. (Oct. 21.63-64p2), Paus Obs. (Oct. 24.84p3), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 24.84-85p3, 25.81p2 & 26.79p3), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.92-94p3), Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 24.93-95p3 & 25.87-89p3), Posadas Obs. (Oct. 24.95-96p3), Alicante Obs. (Oct. 24.96p2 & 25.01p1), La Murta Obs. (Oct. 25.79-81p3), Brixiis Obs. (Oct. 25.84-88p3), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 25.86-87p3 & 26.89-90p3), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.87p1), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 25.92-94p5 & 26.98-00p5), Alginet Obs. (Oct. 26.83p3), and Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Obs. (Oct. 27.83-84p3)
- PK08O020 P/2008 O2 (McNaught) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 24.94p1, 25.91p1 & 26.84p2) and CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.86p1)
- CK08N010 C/2008 N1 (Holmes) from Szeged Obs. (Sept. 15.84-85p2 & 22.77-78p2), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.76-78p3), and La Vara Obs. (Oct. 25.80-81p3)
- CK07V53O C/2007 VO53 (Spacewatch) from Ageo Obs. (Oct. 21.69p2), Posadas Obs. (Oct. 25.06-07p3), and Cielo Profundo Obs. (Oct. 26.89-93p3)
- CK07Q030 C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) from Ageo Obs. (Oct. 17.83p3), Yatsuka Obs. (Oct. 24.82-83p2), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Oct. 25.19-20p3, 26.19p1, 28.20p1 & 30.20p2), La Dehesilla Obs. (Oct. 25.22p3), Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 26.16-19p3), Geisei Obs. (Oct. 26.83p1), and Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 29.17p3)
- CK07N030 C/2007 N3 (Lulin) from Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.70-71p2), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.08-09p3), Masquefa Obs. (Oct. 25.10-12p3), Atlante Obs. (Oct. 25.15-16p3), Vicksburg Obs. (Oct. 25.44-45p2 & 28.47-48p4), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 26.01-03p3), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 27.13-14p5), Inastars Obs. (Oct. 29.97p5), and Malaga Obs. (Oct. 30.11p3)
- CK06W030 C/2006 W3 (Christensen) from Szeged Obs. (Sept. 15.81-82p2 & 22.86p1), Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 10.75p3), Ageo Obs. (Oct. 11.50p3), Irmtraut Obs. (Oct. 20.78p3), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 24.75-76p3 & 26.74p3), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.80-82p3), Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 24.81-83p3 & 25.83-85p3), Stixendorf Obs. (Oct. 25.73-74p4), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.79p1), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 25.82-83p3, 26.87p3 & 29.83-84p3), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 25.85-87p5, 28.86-87p5 & 29.87-88p5), Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 27.37-38p3 & 28.37-38p3), and Kurihara Obs. (Oct. 29.39-41p3)
- CK06S030 C/2006 S3 (LONEOS) from Szeged Obs. (Sept. 15.88p1 & 22.87-88p2), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 24.79-80p3), Tucci Obs. (Oct. 24.81-82p3), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.90-92p3), Brixiis Obs. (Oct. 25.77-79p4), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.80p1), and Cielo Profundo Obs. (Oct. 25.81-85p3)
- CK06Q010 C/2006 Q1 (McNaught) from Szeged Obs. (Sept. 22.79-80p2), Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 10.78-80p3), the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) (Oct. 22.08-11p4), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.78-80p3), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.78p1), Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 25.81-82p3), and La Vara Obs. (Oct. 25.84-85p3 & 29.84-85p3)
- 0227P 227P/Catalina-LINEAR from Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 18.96p1), Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 21.04p1), and Naef Obs. (Oct. 23.93-97p2)
- 0226P 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski from Geisei Obs. (Oct. 14.75p1) and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Oct. 26.18p2)
- 0222P 222P/LINEAR from Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 21.07p1 & 29.19p3)
- 0217P 217P/LINEAR from Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 11.00-01p3), Ageo Obs. (Oct. 17.79p2 & 21.67-68p2), Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 19.14-17p3), Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.72p2, 27.68-69p2 & 30.72-73p2), Geisei Obs. (Oct. 20.73-74p2, 21.73p1, 26.66p1 & 26.73p1), Odessa-Mayaki Obs. (Oct. 21.94-95p2, 22.04p1, 25.94p2, 28.99p1 & 29.06-07p2), Yatsuka Obs. (Oct. 24.79p2), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.07-08p3), Montana Cabreja Obs. (Oct. 25.08-10p2), Masquefa Obs. (Oct. 25.09p3), Atlante Obs. (Oct. 25.12-14p3), La Dehesilla Obs. (Oct. 25.21p3), Tzec Maun Obs. Mayhill (Oct. 25.31-32p4, 25.42p1 & 27.43-44p3), Vicksburg Obs. (Oct. 25.32-35p4 & 28.45-46p3), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 26.05p3 & 27.03p3), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 26.12p5 & 27.12p5), Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 26.20-23p3, 27.21-24p3 & 29.21p1), and Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.30p2)
- 0203P 203P/Korlevic from Ageo Obs. (Oct. 18.72p1 & 18.78p1), Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 19.11p1 & 19.19p1), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.03-04p3), and Masquefa Obs. (Oct. 25.04-06p3)
- 0157P 157P/Tritton from Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.55-56p2 & 27.54p2), Irmtraut Obs. (Oct. 20.91-93p3), Busot Obs. (Oct. 22.85p1 & 24.88p1), CSS (Oct. 24.20-22p4), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 24.86p3, 25.83p2 & 26.81p3), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.95-96p3), Posadas Obs. (Oct. 24.97-98p3), Stixendorf Obs. (Oct. 25.76-77p2), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.81p1), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 25.97-99p3), Alginet Obs. (Oct. 26.84-85p3), Cielo Profundo Obs. (Oct. 26.84-87p3), Mandi Obs. (Oct. 26.89-90p2), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 26.91-92p3), and LINEAR (Oct. 27.16-22p4)
- 0127P 127P/Holt-Olmstead from Remanzacco Obs. (Oct. 24.83p1), Busot Obs. (Oct. 24.90p1), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 24.94-95p3, 25.92p3 & 26.85p3), Atlante Obs. (Oct. 24.94-96p3), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.97-98p3), Posadas Obs. (Oct. 24.99-00p3), Stixendorf Obs. (Oct. 25.81p2), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.86p1), Cielo Profundo Obs. (Oct. 25.87-90p3), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 25.90-91p3, 26.94-95p3 & 29.94-95p3), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 25.99-03p5 & 27.06-08p4), Alginet Obs. (Oct. 26.79-80p2), Caimari Obs. (Oct. 26.89p1), and Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs. (Oct. 28.75p3)
- 0118P 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 from Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 10.98p1), Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 19.13-17p2), Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.69-70p2 & 30.70-71p2), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.05-06p3), Masquefa Obs. (Oct. 25.07-08p3), Atlante Obs. (Oct. 25.10-11p3), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 25.15-16p3), Vicksburg Obs. (Oct. 25.41-44p3 & 28.42-43p3), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 26.10-11p4 & 27.09-11p5), LINEAR (Oct. 27.36-42p5), and Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 29.16p3)
- 0088P 88P/Howell from CAO (Oct. 21.04-05p3) and Santa Maria de M. Obs. (Oct. 27.76-77p3)
- 0081P 81P/Wild 2 from Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 11.04-05p2), Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 19.14-18p2), Ageo Obs. (Oct. 19.80-81p3), CAO (Oct. 24.36-37p5 & 28.37-38p5), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.15-16p3), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Oct. 25.18-19p3, 26.19-21p3, 27.17-18p3, 28.16p1 & 30.19-20p3), Vicksburg Obs. (Oct. 25.47p5 & 28.44-45p6), LINEAR (Oct. 27.43-49p5), and Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 29.23p3)
- 0064P 64P/Swift-Gehrels from Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 11.09p1) and LINEAR (Oct. 27.43-49p5)
- 0047P 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson from Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 19.10p1 & 19.16p1), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.88p1), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 25.93p3), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Oct. 26.37-40p3), Cielo Profundo Obs. (Oct. 26.95-97p3), and Vicksburg Obs. (Oct. 28.34-35p2)
- 0030P 30P/Reinmuth 1 from Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 19.13p1 & 19.17p1), Ageo Obs. (Oct. 21.72-73p3), CAO (Oct. 24.28p1 & 28.34-35p5), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.12-14p3), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 25.15p1), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Oct. 25.20p2), Vicksburg Obs. (Oct. 25.37-39p3 & 28.36-39p3), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.94p1), LINEAR (Oct. 27.36-40p3), Caimari Obs. (Oct. 28.99p1), and Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 30.68-69p2)
- 0029P 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 from Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 11.07p2), CAO (Oct. 24.35-36p5 & 28.36-37p5), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.16-17p3), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Oct. 25.18-19p3, 26.19-21p3, 27.17-18p3, 28.16p1 & 30.15-16p3), Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 25.23-24p3, 26.24-26p3, 27.26p2 & 29.22-23p2), Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 26.16-20p2), LINEAR (Oct. 27.43-49p5), Engelhardt Obs. Zelenchukskaya Station (Oct. 28.06-08p5), and Gualba Obs. (Oct. 30.18p2)
- 0022P 22P/Kopff from Remanzacco Obs. (Sept. 19.84p1), Petrozavodsk Obs. (Oct. 10.76p3), JiangNanTianChi Obs. (Oct. 24.48-49p3), Alicante Obs. (Oct. 24.78-80p3), Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 24.84-85p3), Masquefa Obs. (Oct. 24.87p3), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.88-89p3), Posadas Obs. (Oct. 24.90-92p3), Beta Orionis Obs. (Oct. 24.98-99p3), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.80p1), Atlante Obs. (Oct. 25.87-88p3), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 25.88-89p3, 26.82-83p3 & 29.87-88p3), Monte Deva Obs. (Oct. 25.90-91p5 & 26.93-95p5), and Alginet Obs. (Oct. 26.76-77p2)
- 0002P 2P/Encke from Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Oct. 14.80p1) and Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 18.89p1 & 19.00p1)
MPEC 2009-U137 - "18:42 UT" - Comet P/2009 U6 (LINEAR)
- PK09U060 P/2009 U6 (LINEAR) (q=1.514 AU, Q=6.031 AU, TP=2009 Aug. 11.839 TT) from Ageo Obs. (Oct. 19.80-81p3) and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Oct. 25.18-19p3, 26.20p1, 27.17-18p3, 28.16-19p2 & 30.13-15p3)
MPEC 2009-U136 - "18:33 UT" - Comet C/2009 U5 (Grauer)
- CK09U050 C/2009 U5 (Grauer) (i=25.3°, q=6.180 AU, TP=2010 May 6.915 TT) from Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 27.11p2), RAS Obs. Mayhill (Oct. 27.44-45p2), Ageo Obs. (Oct. 27.80-81p2), and Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 29.18p1)
MPEC 2009-U135 - "17:17 UT" - Comet C/2009 U3 (Hill)
- CK09U030 C/2009 U3 (Hill) (i=51.4°, q=1.414 AU, TP=2010 Mar. 19.982 TT) from CSS (Oct. 24.40-43p4 & 26.26-29p4), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 25.08p1), Nazaret Obs. (Oct. 25.11-14p3), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Oct. 25.34-39p3), Farm Cove Obs. (Oct. 25.55-56p4), Lumezzane Obs. (Oct. 26.02-03p4), Geisei Obs. (Oct. 26.69p1), RAS Mayhill (Oct. 27.28p2), Spacewatch 0.9m (Oct. 27.37-41p3), Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 27.66-67p2), Ageo Obs. (Oct. 27.74-75p3), Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs. (Oct. 28.87-88p4), and Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 29.14p3)
MPEC 2009-U134 - "17:09 UT" - Comet C/2009 T3 (LINEAR)
- CK09T030 C/2009 T3 (LINEAR) (i=148.7°, q=2.281 AU, TP=2010 Jan. 12.022 TT) from Schiaparelli Obs. (Oct. 19.15p2), Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.62-63p2), Yatsuka Obs. (Oct. 24.78p2), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 25.11-12p2), Farm Cove Obs. (Oct. 25.52-53p2), CSS (Oct. 26.36-38p4), Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs. (Oct. 28.88-90p5), and Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Oct. 29.25p1 & 29.29p1)
MPEC 2009-U133 - "17:00 UT" - Comet P/2009 T2 (La Sagra)
- PK09T020 P/2009 T2 (La Sagra) (Centaur, q=1.755 AU, Q=13.412 AU, TP=2010 Jan. 12.8222 TT) from Remanzacco Obs. (Oct. 16.94p2), Geisei Obs. (Oct. 18.60p1, 20.61p1 & 21.65p1), Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.58p2), Tzec Maun Obs. Mayhill (Oct. 21.39-43p2, 24.21-27p3 & 25.34-38p3), LINEAR (Oct. 24.22-28p5 & 27.23-28p5), Paus Obs. (Oct. 24.89p3), Montcabre Obs. (Oct. 24.91-92p3), Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 24.98-99p3 & 25.98p3), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 24.99-00p3), Masquefa Obs. (Oct. 24.99-01p3), Atlante Obs. (Oct. 24.99-01p3 & 28.92-94p3), Posadas Obs. (Oct. 25.03p3), Farm Cove Obs. (Oct. 25.50p3), Purple Mtn. Obs. Xuyi Station (Xuyi Sta.) (Oct. 25.53-57p4), Stixendorf Obs. (Oct. 25.78-80p5), CAST Obs. (Oct. 25.85p1), Lumezzane Obs. (Oct. 25.98-00p4), La Vara Obs. (Oct. 25.00p3, 26.96p3 & 29.92-93p3), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Oct. 26.25-28p3 & 29.10-14p2), La Sagra Obs. (Oct. 26.89-93p6), Chalandray-Canotiers Obs. (Oct. 26.99p3), Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs. (Oct. 28.85-86p3), and Jaen Obs. (Oct. 29.86-87p3)
MPEC 2009-U132 - "16:45 UT" - Comet P/2009 S1 (Gibbs)
- PK09S010 P/2009 S1 (Gibbs) (q=2.440 AU, Q=5.408 AU, TP=2009 Aug. 4.1054 TT) from Geisei Obs. (Oct. 14.72p1), Ageo Obs. (Oct. 19.70p2), Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.68p2), Lumezzane Obs. (Oct. 26.04-05p4), and Farm Cove Obs. (Oct. 30.45p3)
MPEC 2009-U131 - "16:35 UT" - Comet P/2009 QG31 (La Sagra)
- PK09Q31G P/2009 QG31 (La Sagra) (q=2.148 AU, Q=5.001 AU, TP=2009 Oct. 10.42971 TT) from Remanzacco Obs. (Oct. 15.83-84p2), Montcabre Obs. (Oct. 24.84-85p2), and Lumezzane Obs. (Oct. 25.83p1)
MPEC 2009-U130 - "16:28 UT" - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini)
- PK09Q040 P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) (q=1.321 AU, Q=4.953 AU, TP=2009 Nov. 19.92976 TT) from Moriyama Obs. (Oct. 20.73p2), Yatsuka Obs. (Oct. 24.80p2), Rodeno Obs. (Oct. 25.11p3), Masquefa Obs. (Oct. 25.13p3), Atlante Obs. (Oct. 25.17p3), LINEAR (Oct. 26.41-46p5), Malaga Obs. (Oct. 28.12-16p3), and Buchloe Obs. (Oct. 29.17p3)
MPEC 2009-U129 - "16:07 UT" - 2006 DQ62 = 2009 SC
- K06D62Q 2006 DQ62 (H=19.5 ~426m)
<< DOU on 30 Oct. '09 >> MPEC 2009-U128 - "06:11 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of risk-listed objects
- K09U87Z 2009 UZ87 (small asteroid, arc=2 days, H=25.7 ~25m) from the Spacewatch 1.8m telescope (Oct. 29.21p3)
- K09U87Y 2009 UY87 (arc=2 days, H=19.1 ~513m) from CSS (Oct. 29.39-40p3)
- Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
- K09U18W 2009 UW18 (arc=6 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.29-30p3)
- Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
- K09U87X 2009 UX87 (arc=2 days, H=25.4 ~28m) from Tenagra II Obs. (Oct. 29.16p3)
- K09U28L 2009 UL28 (arc=3 days, H=24.8 ~37m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.18-19p3)
- K09U19Y 2009 UY19 (arc=4 days, H=23.4 ~71m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 27.00-01p5) and CSS (Oct. 29.21-23p4)
- K09U19W 2009 UW19 (arc=5 days, H=23.2 ~78m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.19-20p2)
- K09U19C 2009 UC19 (arc=2 days, H=25.1 ~32m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.98p2)
- K09U17Z 2009 UZ17 (arc=7 days, H=22.2 ~123m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.15-16p3)
- K09U14H 2009 UH14 (arc=8 days, H=22.4 ~112m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.12-13p3)
- Observations of other objects
- K09U87S 2009 US87 (arc=6 days, H=21.6 ~162m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.27-28p3)
- K09U28K 2009 UK28 (arc=3 days, H=19.7 ~389m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.21-22p6)
- K09U03M 2009 UM3 (Q=4.362 AU, arc=10 days, H=17.8 ~933m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.23-24p3)
- K09U02W 2009 UW2 (arc=39 days, H=20.0 ~339m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.01-02p3)
- K09U00N 2009 UN (Q=4.468 AU, arc=13 days, H=21.4 ~178m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.34-35p3)
- K09T12K 2009 TK12 (arc=13 days, H=20.4 ~282m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.89-90p3)
- K09T10M 2009 TM10 (arc=40 days, H=19.6 ~407m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.05p3)
- K09T08K 2009 TK8 (arc=14 days, H=20.2 ~309m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.96p3), CSS (Oct. 29.19-20p4), and Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 29.53-55p6)
- K09S19T 2009 ST19 (arc=44 days, H=18.4 ~708m) from Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 29.70-73p5)
- K09R00N 2009 RN (Q=4.584 AU, arc=49 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 29.76p2)
- K09Q34D 2009 QD34 (arc=64 days, H=18.0 ~851m) from Rio Cuarto Obs. (Oct. 29.28-29p3)
- K09N00A 2009 NA (Q=4.129 AU, arc=121 days, H=17.5 ~1.07 km) from Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 29.78-79p2)
- K09M01L 2009 ML1 (arc=126 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.88p3)
- K09K03E 2009 KE3 (Q=4.532 AU, arc=159 days, H=18.2 ~776m) from the Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS) (Oct. 27.46-48p4) and Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.37-39p3)
- K09H44V 2009 HV44 (i=38.0°, arc=189 days, H=18.9 ~562m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.97p3)
- K06X02G 2006 XG2 (arc=2 opp, H=20.4 ~282m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.43-44p3)
- K05R06Q 2005 RQ6 (arc=2 opp, H=18.8 ~589m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.94-95p3) and Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 29.63-64p8)
- K02N16W 2002 NW16 (arc=2 opp, H=18.0 ~851m) from Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 29.47-48p3)
- K01W01T 2001 WT1 (arc=4 opp, H=20.1 ~323m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (Oct. 29.30-31p3)
- J99H01Y 1999 HY1 (arc=4 opp, H=18.2 ~776m) from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.98-99p3) and La Sagra Obs. (Oct. 28.88-90p3)
- J85W00A 1985 WA (Q=4.556 AU, arc=3 opp, H=18.2 ~776m) from CSS (Oct. 29.42-44p4)
- L8863 218863 2006 WO127 from La Sagra Obs. (Oct. 28.84-86p3) and CSS (Oct. 29.26p1)
- L7683 217683 1999 RP36 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 27.01-02p3)
- L6689 216689 2004 HM1 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 27.03p2)
- I5716 185716 1998 SF35 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.95-96p3)
- G2273 162273 1999 VL12 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 27.04p2)
- F4244 154244 2002 KL6 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.93-94p3)
- D6617 136617 1994 CC from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.92p3)
- 38091 38091 1999 JT3 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.99-00p3)
- 30997 30997 1995 UO5 from CSS (Oct. 29.48-50p4)
- 30825 30825 1990 TG1 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.86-87p3)
- 20790 20790 2000 SE45 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.86p3)
- 16816 16816 1997 UF9 from Castelmartini Obs. (Oct. 26.91p2)
- 05751 5751 Zao (1992 AC) from CSS (Oct. 29.27-28p4)
- 03200 3200 Phaethon (1983 TB) from Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. (Oct. 29.59-60p6)
Observers on 30 October '09
A total of 65 observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| 349 | Ageo Obs. in Japan, 11 in MPECs 2009-U132, 2009-U135, 2009-U136, 2009-U137 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 U6, C/2009 U5, C/2009 U3, P/2009 S1, C/2007 VO53, C/2007 Q3, C/2006 W3, 217P, 203P, 81P, 30P |
| J97 | Alginet Obs. in Spain, 4 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2008 P1, 157P, 127P, 22P |
| J10 | Alicante Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2008 P1, 22P |
| J51 | Atlante Obs. in the Canary Islands, 7 in MPECs 2009-U130, 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 Q4, C/2007 N3, 217P, 127P, 118P, 22P |
| I32 | Beta Orionis Obs. in Argentina, 2 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2009 O4, 22P |
| B96 | Brixiis Obs. in Belgium, 2 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2008 P1, C/2006 S3 |
| 215 | Buchloe Obs. in Germany, 8 in MPECs 2009-U130, 2009-U135, 2009-U136 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U5, C/2009 U3, P/2009 U2, P/2009 Q4, C/2007 Q3, 227P, 222P, 118P |
| J02 | Busot Obs., 2 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 157P, 127P |
| 235 | CAST Obs. in Italy, 11 in MPECs 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, C/2008 P1, P/2008 O2, C/2006 W3, C/2006 S3, C/2006 Q1, 157P, 127P, 47P, 30P, 22P |
| B81 | Caimari Obs. on Mallorca, 2 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 127P, 30P |
| I10 | Campo Catino Austral Obs. (CAO) in Chile, 5 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2009 O4, 88P, 81P, 30P, 29P |
| 160 | Castelmartini Obs. in Italy, 32 in MPECs 2009-U128, 2009-U133, 2009-U134, 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- 2009 UY19, 2009 UC19, C/2009 U3, 2009 TK8, 2009 TK12, C/2009 T3, P/2009 T2, C/2009 P2, 2009 ML1, 2009 HV44, C/2008 S3, C/2008 P1, P/2008 O2, C/2006 W3, C/2006 S3, 2005 RQ6, 1999 HY1, 38091, 30825, 217683, 216689, 20790, 185716, 16816, 162273, 154244, 136617, 157P, 127P, 118P, 47P, 30P |
| 703 | Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona, 11 in MPECs 2009-U128, 2009-U134, 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- 2009 UY87, 2009 UY19, C/2009 U3, 2009 TK8, C/2009 T3, C/2006 Q1, 1985 WA, 30997, 218863, 5751, 157P |
| A58 | Chalandray-Canotiers Obs., 1 in MPEC 2009-U133 -- P/2009 T2 |
| A77 | Chante-Perdrix Obs. in France, 7 in MPECs 2009-U137 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 U6, C/2007 Q3, 226P, 81P, 30P, 29P, 2P |
| J01 | Cielo Profundo Obs. in Spain, 6 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- P/2009 O3, C/2007 VO53, C/2006 S3, 157P, 127P, 47P |
| 850 | Cordell-Lorenz Obs. in Tennessee, 6 in MPECs 2009-U133, 2009-U134, 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U3, P/2009 U2, C/2009 T3, P/2009 T2, C/2009 P2, 47P |
| 114 | Engelhardt Obs. Zelenchukskaya Station in Karachay-Cherkessia, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 29P |
| E85 | Farm Cove Obs. in New Zealand, 5 in MPECs 2009-U132, 2009-U133, 2009-U134, 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U3, C/2009 T3, P/2009 T2, P/2009 S1, P/2009 O3 |
| 372 | Geisei Obs. in Japan, 7 in MPECs 2009-U132, 2009-U133, 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U3, P/2009 T2, P/2009 S1, C/2008 P1, C/2007 Q3, 226P, 217P |
| E94 | Gisborne Obs. in New Zealand, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2009 O4 |
| 442 | Gualba Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 29P |
| 379 | Hamamatsu-Yuto Obs. in Japan, 8 in MPECs 2009-U128 & 2009-U138 -- 2009 TK8, 2009 ST19, 2009 RN, 2009 NA, C/2006 W3, 2005 RQ6, 2002 NW16, 3200 |
| B15 | Inastars Obs. in Germany, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2007 N3 |
| A21 | Irmtraut Obs. in Germany, 3 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2008 P1, C/2006 W3, 157P |
| J28 | Jaen Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2009-U133 -- P/2009 T2 |
| D32 | JiangNanTianChi Obs. in China, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 22P |
| D95 | Kurihara Obs., 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2006 W3 |
| 704 | LINEAR in New Mexico, 9 in MPECs 2009-U130, 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 Q4, P/2009 O3, 157P, 118P, 81P, 64P, 30P, 29P |
| 212 | La Dehesilla Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2007 Q3, 217P |
| J76 | La Murta Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2008 P1 |
| J75 | La Sagra Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPECs 2009-U128 & 2009-U133 -- P/2009 T2, 1999 HY1, 218863 |
| J38 | La Vara Obs. in Spain, 11 in MPECs 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, C/2009 P2, C/2008 P1, C/2008 N1, C/2007 N3, C/2006 W3, C/2006 Q1, 217P, 157P, 127P, 22P |
| 130 | Lumezzane Obs. in Italy, 4 in MPECs 2009-U131, 2009-U132, 2009-U133 & 2009-U135 -- C/2009 U3, P/2009 T2, P/2009 S1, P/2009 QG31 |
| J40 | Malaga Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPECs 2009-U130 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 Q4, C/2007 N3 |
| B28 | Mandi Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 157P |
| 232 | Masquefa Obs. in Spain, 7 in MPECs 2009-U130, 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 Q4, C/2007 N3, 217P, 203P, 118P, 22P |
| J45 | Montana Cabreja Obs. in the Canary Islands, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 217P |
| 213 | Montcabre Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPECs 2009-U131 & 2009-U133 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 QG31 |
| 945 | Monte Deva Obs. in Spain, 8 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2008 P1, C/2007 N3, C/2006 W3, 217P, 157P, 127P, 118P, 22P |
| 900 | Moriyama Obs. in Japan, 11 in MPECs 2009-U130, 2009-U132, 2009-U133, 2009-U134, 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U3, C/2009 T3, P/2009 T2, P/2009 S1, P/2009 Q4, C/2008 S3, C/2007 N3, 217P, 157P, 118P, 30P |
| G96 | Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona, 1 in MPEC 2009-U128 -- 2009 KE3 |
| A13 | Naef Obs. in Switzerland, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 227P |
| J47 | Nazaret Obs. in Spain, 8 in MPECs 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U3, C/2008 P1, C/2006 W3, C/2006 Q1, 217P, 81P, 29P, 22P |
| 583 | Odessa-Mayaki Obs., 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- 217P |
| B49 | Paus Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPECs 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, C/2008 P1 |
| B94 | Petrozavodsk Obs. in Russia, 8 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2006 W3, C/2006 Q1, 217P, 118P, 81P, 64P, 29P, 22P |
| J53 | Posadas Obs. in Spain, 7 in MPECs 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 O3, C/2008 P1, C/2007 VO53, 157P, 127P, 22P |
| D29 | Purple Mtn. Obs. Xuyi Station in China, 1 in MPEC 2009-U133 -- P/2009 T2 |
| H06 | RAS Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 2 in MPECs 2009-U135 & 2009-U136 -- C/2009 U5, C/2009 U3 |
| 473 | Remanzacco Obs. in Italy, 4 in MPECs 2009-U131, 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 QG31, 127P, 22P |
| I20 | Rio Cuarto Obs. in Argentina, 8 in MPECs 2009-U128 & 2009-U138 -- 2009 UZ17, 2009 UW2, 2009 UM3, 2009 UK28, 2009 UH14, 2009 TM10, 2009 QD34, 217P |
| 939 | Rodeno Obs. in Spain, 18 in MPECs 2009-U130, 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 Q4, P/2009 O3, C/2008 P1, C/2008 N1, C/2007 N3, C/2006 W3, C/2006 S3, C/2006 Q1, 217P, 203P, 157P, 127P, 118P, 81P, 30P, 29P, 22P |
| B74 | Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2008 P1, 88P |
| 204 | Schiaparelli Obs. in Italy, 12 in MPECs 2009-U134, 2009-U136 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U5, C/2009 T3, C/2007 Q3, 227P, 217P, 203P, 118P, 81P, 47P, 30P, 29P, 2P |
| 691 | Spacewatch 0.9m telescope in Arizona, 3 in MPECs 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U3, P/2009 U2, C/2008 S3 |
| 291 | Spacewatch 1.8m telescope in Arizona, 9 in MPEC 2009-U128 -- 2009 UZ87, 2009 UW19, 2009 UW18, 2009 US87, 2009 UN, 2009 UL28, 2009 KE3, 2006 XG2, 2001 WT1 |
| A71 | Stixendorf Obs. in Austria, 4 in MPECs 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, C/2006 W3, 157P, 127P |
| 629 | Szeged Obs. in Hungary, 6 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2009 P2, C/2008 P1, C/2008 N1, C/2006 W3, C/2006 S3, C/2006 Q1 |
| 926 | Tenagra II Obs. in Arizona, 1 in MPEC 2009-U128 -- 2009 UX87 |
| J35 | Tucci Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2006 S3 |
| H10 | Tzec Maun Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 2 in MPECs 2009-U133 & 2009-U138 -- P/2009 T2, 217P |
| H47 | Vicksburg Obs. in Mississippi, 6 in MPEC 2009-U138 -- C/2007 N3, 217P, 118P, 81P, 47P, 30P |
| 367 | Yatsuka Obs. in Japan, 4 in MPECs 2009-U130, 2009-U134 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 T3, P/2009 Q4, C/2007 Q3, 217P |
| A79 | Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs. in Bulgaria, 4 in MPECs 2009-U133, 2009-U134, 2009-U135 & 2009-U138 -- C/2009 U3, C/2009 T3, P/2009 T2, 127P |
| For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page. | |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 30 October '09
| 0000NNN000 Object | Risk Monitor | When Noted UTC | 0000T0000 Year Range | VI # | 000NN00 Prob Cum | T0000 PS Cum | T0000 PS Max | T S | Notes for Today's Latest Risk Assessments |
| 2009 UZ87 | JPL Sentry | 1409 | R E M O V E D | JPL: Risk listing removed at 0953 UTC. | |||||
| 2009 UY87 | JPL Sentry | 1409 | R E M O V E D | JPL: Risk listing removed at 0950 UTC. | |||||
| NEODyS | 1406 | R E M O V E D | - | ||||||
| 2009 UN3 | JPL Sentry | 2358 | R E M O V E D | JPL: Risk listing removed at 2348 UTC. | |||||
Legend: VI# = VI count, Prob Cum = cumulative probability, PS Cum/Max = cumulative/maximum Palermo Scale, TS = Torino Scale
An impact solution, also known as a "virtual impactor" (VI), is not a prediction but rather a possibility derived from a variant orbit calculation that cannot be eliminated yet based on the existing data. Elimination can come quickly with just a little further observation or may take weeks or months, sometimes years. Once superceded or eliminated, a former impact solution has zero relevance to an object's risk. See Jon Giorgini's "Understanding Risk Pages" to learn more.
Chronology on 30 October '09
Times are UTC for when items were noted or added by The Tracking News.
| 2358 | Noted that JPL Sentry has removed 2009 UN3 as an impact risk - see above |
| 1930 | Grabbed MPEC 2009-U138 - Observations of Comets - see above |
| 1900 | Grabbed MPEC 2009-U136 - Comet C/2009 U5 (Grauer) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-U137 - Comet P/2009 U6 (LINEAR) - see above |
| 1731 | Grabbed MPEC 2009-U133 - Comet P/2009 T2 (La Sagra) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-U134 - Comet C/2009 T3 (LINEAR) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-U135 - Comet C/2009 U3 (Hill) - see above |
| 1702 | Grabbed MPEC 2009-U129 - 2006 DQ62 = 2009 SC - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-U130 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-U131 - Comet P/2009 QG31 (La Sagra) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-U132 - Comet P/2009 S1 (Gibbs) - see above |
| 1409 | Noted that JPL Sentry has removed 2009 UY87 as an impact risk - see above Noted that JPL Sentry has removed 2009 UZ87 as an impact risk - see above Grabbed MPEC 2009-U128 - Daily Orbit Update - see above |
| 1406 | Noted that NEODyS has removed 2009 UY87 as an impact risk - see above |