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Contents  on 29 January '10

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- one listing: 1 updated
  • New MPECs -- two MPECs
• Observers -- six 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
• 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 29 January '10

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 1 listing: 1 updated

When last checked at 2359 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one updated listing. So far The Tracking News has counted a total of three 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.

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New MPECs  on 29 January '10

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

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

• MPEC 2010-B58 time-stamped "07:13 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2010-B59 time-stamped "17:22 UT" - 2009 EN2

MPEC 2010-B59 - "17:22 UT" - 2009 EN2

• K09E02N   2009 EN2 (i=47.3°, H=18.4 ~708m) from David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea (Jan. 19.25-26p5 at R=22.2-7 & 27.27-28p2 at R=22.6-8)

<< DOU on 29 Jan. '10 >>  MPEC 2010-B58 - "07:13 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K10B04Z   2010 BZ4 (Q=4.359 AU, arc=3 days, H=22.4 ~112m) from Sandlot Obs. (Jan. 28.30-32p4)
• K10A60M   2010 AM60 (arc=12 days, H=23.8 ~59m) from Astronomical Research Obs. Westfield (ARO Westfield) (Jan. 27.23-24p3)
• K10A30J   2010 AJ30 (arc=17 days, H=22.6 ~102m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 27.11-12p4)
• K10A00L   2010 AL (arc=21 days, H=22.5 ~107m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 27.40-41p3)
• Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
• K10B02K   2010 BK2 (arc=9 days, H=21.9 ~141m) from the Siding Spring Survey (SSS) (Jan. 27.50p1 & 28.52p1)
• Observations of other objects
• K10B03C   2010 BC3 (Q=5.305 AU, arc=6 days, H=20.1 ~323m) from Moletai Obs. (Jan. 23.20p3) and ARO Westfield (Jan. 27.38-39p4)
• K10B03B   2010 BB3 (arc=6 days, H=20.2 ~309m) from Moletai Obs. (Jan. 23.07-09p6)
• K09X02B   2009 XB2 (arc=47 days, H=20.3 ~295m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 27.16-17p3)
• K09X00D   2009 XD (Q=4.100 AU, arc=33 days, H=18.7 ~616m) from Bisei Spaceguard Center (Dec. 12.63-66p17)
• K09U03N   2009 UN3 (i=37.4°, arc=101 days, H=17.7 ~977m) from SSS (Jan. 27.50p2 & 28.53p1)
• K05O03E   2005 OE3 (arc=2 opp, H=20.3 ~295m) from ARO Westfield (Jan. 27.32-35p3 at V=21.9-22.2)
• 04953   4953 1990 MU from SSS (2009 Oct. 14.51p1)

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Observers  on 29 January '10

Six observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 29 January '10

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 29 January '10

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