Contents on 30 January '10
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- one listing: 1 updated
- New MPECs -- seven MPECs
- Observers -- five 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.
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.
NEOCP Activity on 30 January '10
The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 1 listing: 1 updated
When last checked at 2358 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one updated listing.
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 30 January '10
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
As of last check at 2358 UTC, there have been seven MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- MPEC 2010-B60 time-stamped "07:13 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
- MPEC 2010-B61 time-stamped "14:44 UT" - Observable Comets - see below
- MPEC 2010-B62 time-stamped "14:48 UT" - Distant Minor Planets - see below
- MPEC 2010-B63 time-stamped "14:53 UT" - Atens and Apollos - see below
- MPEC 2010-B64 time-stamped "14:53 UT" - Amors - see below
- MPEC 2010-B65 time-stamped "14:53 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets - see below
- MPEC 2010-B66 time-stamped "14:53 UT" - PHAs
MPEC 2010-B66 - "14:53 UT" - PHAs
MPEC 2010-B65 - "14:53 UT" - Unusual Minor Planets
MPEC 2010-B64 - "14:53 UT" - Amors
MPEC 2010-B63 - "14:53 UT" - Atens and Apollos
MPEC 2010-B62 - "14:48 UT" - Distant Minor Planets
MPEC 2010-B61 - "14:44 UT" - Observable Comets
<< DOU on 30 Jan. '10 >> MPEC 2010-B60 - "07:13 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
- K10B02U 2010 BU2 (small asteroid, arc=9 days, H=24.5 ~43m) from Great Shefford Obs. (Jan. 30.00-02p4)
- Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
- K10B05G 2010 BG5 (arc=5 days, H=23.9 ~56m) from Great Shefford Obs. (Jan. 29.78-79p3 & 29.90-91p3)
- K10B00C 2010 BC (arc=10 days, H=22.2 ~123m) from Lumijoki Obs. (Jan. 20.98p3)
- K10A60L 2010 AL60 (arc=16 days, H=22.4 ~112m) from Great Shefford Obs. (Jan. 29.93-98p3)
- Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
- K10B02K 2010 BK2 (arc=9 days, H=21.9 ~141m) from Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 21.81-82p3)
- K10A60O 2010 AO60 (arc=12 days, H=21.9 ~141m) from Lumijoki Obs. (Jan. 20.94-95p3)
- Observations of other objects
- K10B03C 2010 BC3 (Q=5.194 AU, arc=8 days, H=20.2 ~309m) from La Sagra Obs. (Jan. 29.10-13p2)
- K10B03B 2010 BB3 (arc=8 days, H=20.2 ~309m) from La Sagra Obs. (Jan. 28.97-98p2)
- L7807 217807 2000 XK44 from Bornheim Obs. (Nov. 19.79-80p3)
- F9402 159402 1999 AP10 from Bornheim Obs. (Dec. 20.96-98p5 & 26.88-89p4)
- D8852 138852 2000 WN10 from Bornheim Obs. (Nov. 19.88-89p3)
- 05646 5646 1990 TR from Bornheim Obs. (Dec. 26.92-93p3)
Observers on 30 January '10
Five observing facilities appear in today's MPEC.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| 127 | Bornheim Obs. in Germany, 4 in MPEC 2010-B60 -- 217807, 159402, 138852, 5646 |
| J95 | Great Shefford Obs. in England, 3 in MPEC 2010-B60 -- 2010 BU2, 2010 BG5, 2010 AL60 |
| J75 | La Sagra Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPEC 2010-B60 -- 2010 BC3, 2010 BB3 |
| A70 | Lumijoki Obs. in Finland, 2 in MPEC 2010-B60 -- 2010 BC, 2010 AO60 |
| 204 | Schiaparelli Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2010-B60 -- 2010 BK2 |
| For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page. | |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 30 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.
Chronology on 30 January '10
Times are UTC for when items were noted or added by The Tracking News.
| 1611 | Grabbed MPEC 2010-B60 - Daily Orbit Update - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-B61 - Observable Comets - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-B62 - Distant Minor Planets - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-B63 - Atens and Apollos - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-B64 - Amors - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-B65 - Unusual Minor Planets - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-B66 - PHAs - see above |