HubbleSite reported yesterday that Hubble Space Telescope images from last week of comet-like object P/2010 A2 (the bright point at lower left) "suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids" in the Main Belt. See also David Jewitt's P/2010A (LINEAR) page and today's latest astrometry. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA).
Contents on 3 February '10
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- one listing: 1 new
- New MPECs -- nine MPECs
- Observers -- 54 observing facilities
- Impact Risk Monitoring -- nothing to report
- Chronology
Resources:
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- Ephemerides for risk-rated and nearby objects
- News image catalog
- Old & new CRT Archive
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NEOCP Activity on 3 February '10
The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 1 listing: 1 new
When last checked at 2359 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one new 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 3 February '10
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
As of last check at 2359 UTC, there have been nine MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- MPEC 2010-C05 time-stamped "07:17 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
- MPEC 2010-C06 time-stamped "12:12 UT" - 2008 EL6 - see below
- MPEC 2010-C07 time-stamped "21:31 UT" - Comet P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) - see below
- MPEC 2010-C08 time-stamped "21:37 UT" - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill) - see below
- MPEC 2010-C09 time-stamped "22:01 UT" - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) - see below
- MPEC 2010-C10 time-stamped "22:07 UT" - Comet C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring) - see below
- MPEC 2010-C11 time-stamped "22:13 UT" - Comet P/2010 A5 (LINEAR) - see below
- MPEC 2010-C12 time-stamped "22:19 UT" - Comet C/2010 B1 (Cardinal) - see below
- MPEC 2010-C13 time-stamped "22:30 UT" - Observations of Comets
MPEC 2010-C13 - "22:30 UT" - Observations of Comets
- PK10A030 P/2010 A3 (Hill) from Remanzacco Obs. (Jan. 10.86p2), Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.82-83p5 & 22.77p5), Ageo Obs. (Jan. 30.46-47p2), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Jan. 31.77-78p3), and Cielo Profundo Obs. (Feb. 1.80-82p3)
- CK09U050 C/2009 U5 (Grauer) from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 22.04p3 & 24.01-02p3)
- PK09U040 P/2009 U4 (McNaught) from the Siding Spring Survey (SSS) (Nov. 9.45-46p2 & 18.47p2), Schiaparelli Obs. (Dec. 17.77p1), and Ageo Obs. (Jan. 2.41-42p2 & 16.40-41p2)
- CK09U030 C/2009 U3 (Hill) from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 23.73p3), Maidbronn Obs. (Jan. 26.74-76p3), Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Obs. (Jan. 27.82-84p3), RAS Obs. Mayhill (Jan. 30.09-10p2), and Berta Obs. (Jan. 30.87-88p2)
- PK09T020 P/2009 T2 (La Sagra) from Kitami Obs. (Dec. 16.53-55p3), SSS (Jan. 22.47p1), Nazaret Obs. (Jan. 26.87-90p3, 27.89-91p3 & 28.86-88p3), and Zonalunar Obs. (Jan. 28.83p1)
- CK09R010 C/2009 R1 (McNaught) from SSS (Nov. 9.44p2, Dec. 6.43p2 & 19.43p1)
- PK09Q050 P/2009 Q5 (McNaught) from SSS (Nov. 9.53p2, 18.51-52p3, 25.47p3 & Jan. 18.51p1), Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 21.78p1), and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Feb. 1.76-77p3)
- PK09Q040 P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 22.08-09p3 & 24.07p3), Kitami Obs. (Jan. 22.61-63p3), Cielo Profundo Obs. (Jan. 27.01-02p2), Maidbronn Obs. (Jan. 27.13p3), Paus Obs. (Feb. 1.99-01p3), and Berta Obs. (Feb. 2.89-90p2)
- CK09K050 C/2009 K5 (McNaught) from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 26.84-86p5 & 28.85p3)
- CK09F060 C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN) from SSS (Jan. 8.67p1) and Grove Creek Obs. (Jan. 30.48-49p2)
- CK08S030 C/2008 S3 (Boattini) from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.83-84p3 & 22.78p3)
- CK08Q030 C/2008 Q3 (Garradd) from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 15.78-80p3), Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 16.16-20p2), RAS Mayhill (Jan. 30.38-39p3 & Feb. 2.51-52p3), and La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 31.11p1)
- CK08P010 C/2008 P1 (Garradd) from Maidbronn Obs. (Jan. 26.71-73p3) and Gualba Obs. (Feb. 1.77p2)
- CK08N010 C/2008 N1 (Holmes) from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 15.83-85p2), Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 16.16p1 & 16.23p1), RAS Mayhill (Jan. 30.40-41p3), and La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 31.15p1)
- PK08J030 P/2008 J3 (McNaught) from Geisei Obs. (Jan. 14.53p2) and Ageo Obs. (Jan. 16.65-66p2)
- CK08E010 C/2008 E1 (Catalina) from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 16.73-75p2) and SSS (Jan. 20.65p1)
- CK07S020 C/2007 S2 (Lemmon) from SSS (Jan. 18.71-72p2) and Kambah Obs. (Jan. 20.73-74p2)
- CK07Q030 C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 15.77p3), Geisei Obs. (Jan. 25.81p2), RAS Mayhill (Jan. 30.37-38p2 & Feb. 2.47-48p2), Skylive Obs. (Jan. 31.01-02p2 & 31.07p1), Rodeno Obs. (Jan. 31.08p3), Masquefa Obs. (Jan. 31.10-11p3), La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 31.12-13p5), Gieres Obs. (Feb. 1.20-26p4), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Feb. 1.31-46p5), La Vara Obs. (Feb. 3.08p3), and Montcabre Obs. (Feb. 3.18-21p3)
- CK07N030 C/2007 N3 (Lulin) from Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 15.87p1 & 15.95p1), Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.89p3 & 23.78-79p3), and La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 30.88p1)
- CK07G010 C/2007 G1 (LINEAR) from SSS (Nov. 14.67p1 & Jan. 9.59p1), Kambah Obs. (Jan. 8.51p2), and Grove Creek Obs. (Jan. 30.51p2)
- CK06O02F C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 24.05p3) and La Vara Obs. (Feb. 3.04-05p3)
- CK05L030 C/2005 L3 (McNaught) from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 15.81-82p2), La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 31.06-07p3), Masquefa Obs. (Jan. 31.08-09p3), and RAS Mayhill (Feb. 2.50-51p3)
- 0232P 232P/Hill from Maidbronn Obs. (Jan. 27.11p3) and Paus Obs. (Jan. 27.89-94p3)
- 0217P 217P/LINEAR from Tzec Maun Obs. Mayhill (Nov. 22.46p1 & 25.51p1), Remanzacco Obs. (Dec. 9.86p1 & 9.92p1), Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.93p3 & 23.82p3), Osaki Obs. (Jan. 27.42-44p2), Masquefa Obs. (Jan. 30.85-86p3), SPAG Monfrague Obs. (Jan. 31.95-98p3), Vicksburg Obs. (Feb. 1.15-17p2), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (Feb. 1.21-24p2), La Vara Obs. (Feb. 2.96-97p3), and Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) (Feb. 3.25-26p6)
- 0203P 203P/Korlevic from Vitebsk Obs. (Jan. 21.72-74p2), Masquefa Obs. (Jan. 30.81-83p3), La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 30.86-87p3), and La Vara Obs. (Feb. 2.91p3)
- 0195P 195P/Hill from North Ryde Obs. (Jan. 20.65-68p2 & 22.57-60p2)
- 0169P 169P/NEAT from Faulkes Telescope South (Jan. 25.59p5), Zonalunar Obs. (Jan. 28.96-99p3), and Grove Creek Obs. (Jan. 30.46-47p3 & 30.71-72p2)
- 0157P 157P/Tritton from Maidbronn Obs. (Jan. 26.78-80p3), Nazaret Obs. (Jan. 26.84-85p3), Osaki Obs. (Jan. 27.46-47p2), Santa Maria de M. Obs. (Jan. 27.78-80p3), Kiev Comet Station (Jan. 29.75-79p5), La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 30.84p1), Stixendorf Obs. (Jan. 31.75-76p4), and La Vara Obs. (Feb. 2.90p3)
- 0137P 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.95p3), Berta Obs. (Feb. 1.79p1 & 1.86p1), and Montcabre Obs. (Feb. 1.99-00p3)
- 0118P 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.94p3 & 23.83p3), Osaki Obs. (Jan. 27.41-44p3), Kiev Comet Station (Jan. 29.86-89p4), Blanquita Obs. (Jan. 30.86-88p3), Masquefa Obs. (Jan. 30.88p1 & 31.04-05p2), Stixendorf Obs. (Jan. 31.78-80p6, Feb. 1.75-76p4 & 2.73p3), Manises Obs. (Jan. 31.82-83p4), Vicksburg Obs. (Feb. 1.09-13p3), Gualba Obs. (Feb. 1.76p2), San Vito Obs. (Feb. 1.83-84p3), SPAG Monfrague Obs. (Feb. 1.95-99p3), La Vara Obs. (Feb. 1.99-00p3 & 2.94-95p3), Berta Obs. (Feb. 2.81-84p2), Monte Deva Obs. (Feb. 2.95-97p5), and PJMSO (Feb. 3.23-25p6)
- 0094P 94P/Russell 4 from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 22.07-08p3, 23.07p1 & 24.06p3), Zonalunar Obs. (Jan. 28.93p1), Kiev Comet Station (Jan. 30.00-02p5), and La Vara Obs. (Feb. 3.05-07p3)
- 0088P 88P/Howell from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 16.37p3), Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 21.73-75p2), Santa Maria de M. Obs. (Jan. 27.76-77p3), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Jan. 31.74p2 & Feb. 1.75-76p3), and RAS Mayhill (Feb. 3.07p2)
- 0081P 81P/Wild 2 from Tzec Maun Obs. Pingelly (2009 Oct. 31.83-84p4), Huelva Obs. (Jan. 29.06-10p3), Kiev Comet Station (Jan. 30.09-10p10), RAS Mayhill (Jan. 30.39-40p2), Grove Creek Obs. (Jan. 30.73p2), Skylive Obs. (Jan. 31.03-06p2), Rodeno Obs. (Jan. 31.09p3), La Dehesilla Obs. (Jan. 31.09p3), Masquefa Obs. (Jan. 31.12p3), Malaga Obs. (Jan. 31.15-20p3), Gieres Obs. (Feb. 1.15-19p4), Monte Deva Obs. (Feb. 3.09-10p5), La Vara Obs. (Feb. 3.09-10p3), and Gualba Obs. (Feb. 3.19p3)
- 0074P 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 15.71-72p2) and Skylive Obs. (Jan. 31.10-12p2)
- 0043P 43P/Wolf-Harrington from Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 21.74-75p2) and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Jan. 31.75-76p3)
- 0030P 30P/Reinmuth 1 from Kitami Obs. (Dec. 14.60-61p3), Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.90p3 & 23.79-80p3), Zonalunar Obs. (Jan. 27.76p1), Kiev Comet Station (Jan. 29.82-85p6), Berta Obs. (Jan. 30.77-80p3), Masquefa Obs. (Jan. 30.78-79p3), Blanquita Obs. (Jan. 30.84-85p3), Stixendorf Obs. (Jan. 31.78p3 & Feb. 1.73p3), Vicksburg Obs. (Feb. 1.04-07p3), Gualba Obs. (Feb. 1.77p1), San Vito Obs. (Feb. 1.81-83p3), La Vara Obs. (Feb. 1.97-98p3 & 2.93p3), Busot Obs. (Feb. 2.82-85p3), and Monte Deva Obs. (Feb. 3.06-09p5)
- 0029P 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 from Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 22.05-06p3, 23.06p3 & 24.03p3), Paus Obs. (Jan. 27.97-99p3 & Feb. 1.95-96p3), Zonalunar Obs. (Jan. 28.87-89p2), Blanquita Obs. (Feb. 1.89-92p3), La Vara Obs. (Feb. 2.00-02p6), Gualba Obs. (Feb. 3.18p4), and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Feb. 3.87p1)
- 0022P 22P/Kopff from Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 17.77p1) and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Jan. 31.76-77p3)
- 0009P 9P/Tempel 1 from Bisei Spaceguard Center (Dec. 21.77-78p5) and Schiaparelli Obs. (Jan. 22.04-07p3)
MPEC 2010-C12 - "22:19 UT" - Comet C/2010 B1 (Cardinal)
- CK10B010 C/2010 B1 (Cardinal) (i=102.0°, q=2.950 AU, TP=2011 Feb. 6.932 TT) from Moletai Obs. (Jan. 22.88-90p6), Geisei Obs. (Jan. 24.66-67p4, 25.74p2 & 25.80p1), Zonalunar Obs. (Jan. 27.91p1), Kiev Comet Station (Jan. 30.17-18p6), Berta Obs. (Jan. 30.91-94p3), Ageo Obs. (Jan. 31.72-74p2), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (Jan. 31.79-80p3), and Cielo Profundo Obs. (Feb. 1.83-85p3)
MPEC 2010-C11 - "22:13 UT" - Comet P/2010 A5 (LINEAR)
- PK10A050 P/2010 A5 (LINEAR) (q=1.707 AU, Q=8.212 AU, TP=2010 Apr. 19.902 TT) from Geisei Obs. (Jan. 21.77-78p4, 24.75-76p2 & 25.82p2), Kiev Comet Station (Jan. 23.16-17p2 & 30.12-13p4), Ageo Obs. (Jan. 24.78-79p2), and RAS Mayhill (Jan. 30.42p2)
MPEC 2010-C10 - "22:07 UT" - Comet C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring)
- CK10A040 C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring) (i=96.8°, q=2.748 AU, TP=2010 Oct. 7.495 TT) from Geisei Obs. (Jan. 24.76-77p2 & 25.75p1) and Tzec Maun Obs. Moorook (Jan. 26.56p2)
MPEC 2010-C09 - "22:01 UT" - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)
- PK10A020 P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) (q=2.007 AU, TP=2009 Dec. 5.16956 TT) from Hadano Obs. (Jan. 13.62-63p2), Faulkes Telescope North (Jan. 22.46p1), Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.89-92p3), and La Vara Obs. (Feb. 2.87-88p2)
MPEC 2010-C08 - "21:37 UT" - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill)
- PK10A010 P/2010 A1 (Hill) (q=1.950 AU, Q=6.800 AU, TP=2009 Aug. 6.992 TT) from Hadano Obs. (Jan. 7.71-72p3), Moletai Obs. (Jan. 22.93-94p3), and Montcabre Obs. (Feb. 2.99-02p3)
MPEC 2010-C07 - "21:31 UT" - Comet P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski)
- PK09Y020 P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) (q=2.339 AU, Q=10.664 AU, TP=2010 Mar. 30.6837 TT) from Remanzacco Obs. (Jan. 15.86-87p2), Castelmartini Obs. (Jan. 21.78-79p3), and Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.83-84p3)
MPEC 2010-C06 - "12:12 UT" - 2008 EL6
- K08E06L 2008 EL6 (Earth MOID=8.0 LD, H=21.0 ~214m) from David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea (Dec. 9.36-37p3 at R=23.6-8 & Jan. 18.25-26p2 at R=23.3)
<< DOU on 3 Feb. '10 >> MPEC 2010-C05 - "07:17 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
- K10B00B 2010 BB (arc=17 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.82p3)
- K10A00K 2010 AK (arc=26 days, H=19.4 ~446m) from Astronomical Research Obs. Westfield (ARO Westfield) (Feb. 1.13-17p3)
- Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
- K10B04Z 2010 BZ4 (Q=4.385 AU, arc=8 days, H=22.5 ~107m) from Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.93p2)
- Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
- K10A60O 2010 AO60 (arc=17 days, H=21.9 ~141m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.19-20p4) and Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.85-86p3)
- Observations of other objects
- K10B03T 2010 BT3 (Q=4.095 AU, arc=10 days, H=21.5 ~170m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.18-19p3) and Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.90p3)
- K10B03B 2010 BB3 (arc=12 days, H=20.1 ~323m) from Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.84-85p2)
- K10B02H 2010 BH2 (arc=14 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.09-10p3)
- K10A00E 2010 AE (arc=27 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.23-24p5) and Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.86-87p3)
- K09X02R 2009 XR2 (arc=50 days, H=19.0 ~537m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.11-12p5)
- K09W06R 2009 WR6 (arc=75 days, H=18.3 ~741m) from Sormano Obs. (Feb. 1.87-88p3)
- K06U00R 2006 UR (arc=2 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.24-26p3)
- K04X50D 2004 XD50 (arc=2 opp, H=18.6 ~645m) from ARO Westfield (Feb. 1.28-30p3)
- K03SF4J 2003 SJ154 (arc=6 days, H=18.9 ~562m) from NEAT's Mt. Palomar telescope (2003 Sept. 25.31-35p3)
- 04015 4015 Wilson-Harrington (1979 VA) from La Vara Obs. (Feb. 2.85p3)
Observers on 3 February '10
A total of 54 observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| 349 | Ageo Obs. in Japan, 13 in MPECs 2010-C11, 2010-C12 & 2010-C13 -- C/2010 B1, P/2010 A5, P/2010 A3, P/2009 U4, C/2009 K5, C/2008 Q3, C/2008 N1, P/2008 J3, C/2008 E1, C/2007 Q3, C/2005 L3, 88P, 74P |
| H21 | Astronomical Research Obs. Westfield (ARO Westfield) in Illinois, 8 in MPEC 2010-C05 -- 2010 BT3, 2010 BH2, 2010 AO60, 2010 AK, 2010 AE, 2009 XR2, 2006 UR, 2004 XD50 |
| C12 | Berta Obs. in Spain, 6 in MPECs 2010-C12 & 2010-C13 -- C/2010 B1, C/2009 U3, P/2009 Q4, 137P, 118P, 30P |
| 300 | Bisei Spaceguard Center in Japan, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 9P |
| I99 | Blanquita Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 118P, 30P, 29P |
| J02 | Busot Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 30P |
| 160 | Castelmartini Obs. in Italy, 14 in MPECs 2010-C07 & 2010-C13 -- P/2010 A3, P/2009 Y2, C/2009 U5, C/2009 U3, P/2009 Q4, C/2008 S3, C/2007 N3, C/2006 OF2, 217P, 137P, 118P, 94P, 30P, 29P |
| A77 | Chante-Perdrix Obs. in France, 7 in MPECs 2010-C12 & 2010-C13 -- C/2010 B1, P/2010 A3, P/2009 Q5, 88P, 43P, 29P, 22P |
| J01 | Cielo Profundo Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPECs 2010-C12 & 2010-C13 -- C/2010 B1, P/2010 A3, P/2009 Q4 |
| 850 | Cordell-Lorenz Obs. in Tennessee, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2007 Q3, 217P |
| F65 | Faulkes Telescope North in Hawaii, 1 in MPEC 2010-C09 -- P/2010 A2 |
| E10 | Faulkes Telescope South in New South Wales, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 169P |
| 372 | Geisei Obs. in Japan, 5 in MPECs 2010-C10, 2010-C11, 2010-C12 & 2010-C13 -- C/2010 B1, P/2010 A5, C/2010 A4, P/2008 J3, C/2007 Q3 |
| B83 | Gieres Obs. in France, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2007 Q3, 81P |
| E16 | Grove Creek Obs. in New South Wales, 4 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2009 F6, C/2007 G1, 169P, 81P |
| 442 | Gualba Obs. in Spain, 5 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2008 P1, 118P, 81P, 30P, 29P |
| 355 | Hadano Obs. in Japan, 2 in MPECs 2010-C08 & 2010-C09 -- P/2010 A2, P/2010 A1 |
| J37 | Huelva Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 81P |
| 415 | Kambah Obs. in the Australian Capital Territory, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2007 S2, C/2007 G1 |
| 585 | Kiev Comet Station in the Ukraine, 7 in MPECs 2010-C11, 2010-C12 & 2010-C13 -- C/2010 B1, P/2010 A5, 157P, 118P, 94P, 81P, 30P |
| 400 | Kitami Obs. in Japan, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 Q4, 30P |
| 212 | La Dehesilla Obs. in Spain, 8 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2008 Q3, C/2008 N1, C/2007 Q3, C/2007 N3, C/2005 L3, 203P, 157P, 81P |
| J38 | La Vara Obs. in Spain, 12 in MPECs 2010-C05, 2010-C09 & 2010-C13 -- P/2010 A2, C/2007 Q3, C/2006 OF2, 4015, 217P, 203P, 157P, 118P, 94P, 81P, 30P, 29P |
| B82 | Maidbronn Obs. in Germany, 5 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2009 U3, P/2009 Q4, C/2008 P1, 232P, 157P |
| J40 | Malaga Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 81P |
| J98 | Manises Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 118P |
| 232 | Masquefa Obs. in Spain, 7 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2007 Q3, C/2005 L3, 217P, 203P, 118P, 81P, 30P |
| 5682 | David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, 1 in MPEC 2010-C06 -- 2008 EL6 |
| 152 | Moletai Obs. in Lithuania, 2 in MPECs 2010-C08 & 2010-C12 -- C/2010 B1, P/2010 A1 |
| 213 | Montcabre Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPECs 2010-C08 & 2010-C13 -- P/2010 A1, C/2007 Q3, 137P |
| 945 | Monte Deva Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 118P, 81P, 30P |
| 644 | NEAT's Mt. Palomar telescope in southern California, 1 in MPEC 2010-C05 -- 2003 SJ154 |
| J47 | Nazaret Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- P/2009 T2, 157P |
| 423 | North Ryde Obs. in New South Wales, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 195P |
| D92 | Osaki Obs. in Japan, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 217P, 157P, 118P |
| B49 | Paus Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- P/2009 Q4, 232P, 29P |
| H45 | Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) in Arkansas, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 217P, 118P |
| H06 | RAS Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 8 in MPECs 2010-C11 & 2010-C13 -- P/2010 A5, C/2009 U3, C/2008 Q3, C/2008 N1, C/2007 Q3, C/2005 L3, 88P, 81P |
| 473 | Remanzacco Obs. in Italy, 3 in MPECs 2010-C07 & 2010-C13 -- P/2010 A3, P/2009 Y2, 217P |
| 939 | Rodeno Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2007 Q3, 81P |
| J07 | SPAG Monfrague Obs. in Spain, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 217P, 118P |
| 233 | San Vito Obs. in Italy, 2 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 118P, 30P |
| B74 | Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2009 U3, 157P, 88P |
| 204 | Schiaparelli Obs. in Italy, 9 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- P/2009 U4, P/2009 Q5, C/2008 Q3, C/2008 N1, C/2007 N3, 88P, 43P, 22P, 9P |
| E12 | Siding Spring Survey (SSS) in New South Wales, 8 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- P/2009 U4, P/2009 T2, C/2009 R1, P/2009 Q5, C/2009 F6, C/2008 E1, C/2007 S2, C/2007 G1 |
| B40 | Skylive Obs. in Italy, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- C/2007 Q3, 81P, 74P |
| 587 | Sormano Obs. in Italy, 9 in MPECs 2010-C05, 2010-C07 & 2010-C09 -- 2010 BZ4, 2010 BT3, 2010 BB3, 2010 BB, 2010 AO60, 2010 AE, P/2010 A2, P/2009 Y2, 2009 WR6 |
| A71 | Stixendorf Obs. in Austria, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 157P, 118P, 30P |
| H10 | Tzec Maun Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 217P |
| D96 | Tzec Maun Obs. Moorook in South Australia, 1 in MPEC 2010-C10 -- C/2010 A4 |
| D25 | Tzec Maun Obs. Pingelly in Western Australia, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 81P |
| H47 | Vicksburg Obs. in Mississippi, 3 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 217P, 118P, 30P |
| B42 | Vitebsk Obs. in Belarus, 1 in MPEC 2010-C13 -- 203P |
| J08 | Zonalunar Obs. in Spain, 6 in MPECs 2010-C12 & 2010-C13 -- C/2010 B1, P/2009 T2, 169P, 94P, 30P, 29P |
| For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page. | |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 3 February '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.
Chronology on 3 February '10
Times are UTC for when items were noted or added by The Tracking News.
| 2319 | Grabbed MPEC 2010-C13 - Observations of Comets - see above |
| 2243 | Grabbed MPEC 2010-C09 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-C10 - Comet C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-C11 - Comet P/2010 A5 (LINEAR) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-C12 - Comet C/2010 B1 (Cardinal) - see above |
| 2201 | Grabbed MPEC 2010-C07 - Comet P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-C08 - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill) - see above |
| 1544 | Grabbed MPEC 2010-C05 - Daily Orbit Update - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-C06 - 2008 EL6 - see above |