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Contents  on 2 January '10

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- none
  • New MPECs -- eight MPECs
• Observers -- one facility
• 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
• 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 2 January '10

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 December 27th.

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New MPECs  on 2 January '10

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2358 UTC, there have been eight MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. No Daily Orbit Update DOU MPEC has been posted yet, so visit the MPC Status Page for possible explanation and check the MPC Mirror Page for alternate access to key pages, maybe including new MPECs.

• MPEC 2010-A02 time-stamped "17:52 UT" - 2005 CV38 - see below
• MPEC 2010-A03 time-stamped "17:58 UT" - 2007 TD71 - see below
• MPEC 2010-A04 time-stamped "19:43 UT" - Observable Comets - see below
• MPEC 2010-A05 time-stamped "19:50 UT" - Distant Minor Planets - see below
• MPEC 2010-A06 time-stamped "20:00 UT" - Atens and Apollos - see below
• MPEC 2010-A07 time-stamped "20:00 UT" - Amors - see below
• MPEC 2010-A08 time-stamped "20:00 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets - see below
• MPEC 2010-A09 time-stamped "20:00 UT" - PHAs

MPEC 2010-A09 - "20:00 UT" - PHAs

MPEC 2010-A08 - "20:00 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets

MPEC 2010-A07 - "20:00 UT" - Amors

MPEC 2010-A06 - "20:00 UT" - Atens and Apollos

MPEC 2010-A05 - "19:50 UT" - Distant Minor Planets

MPEC 2010-A04 - "19:43 UT" - Observable Comets

MPEC 2010-A03 - "17:58 UT" - 2007 TD71

• K07T71D   2007 TD71 (i=49.8°, H=18.5 ~676m) from David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea (Nov. 9.63-64p2 & Dec. 9.63p2)

MPEC 2010-A02 - "17:52 UT" - 2005 CV38

• K05C38V   2005 CV38 (H=20.2 ~309m) from Tholen team/Mauna Kea (Dec. 9.42-43p2 at R=22.5-6 & 19.49p2 at R=22.4-5)

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Observers  on 2 January '10

One observing facility appears in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 2 January '10

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.

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Chronology  on 2 January '10

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