Contents on 6 March '10
- IAU Minor Planet Center
- NEOCP Activity -- seven listings: 1 new, 6 updated
- New MPECs -- five MPECs
- Observers -- 51 observing facilities
- Impact Risk Monitoring -- nothing to report
- Chronology
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NEOCP Activity on 6 March '10
The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 7 listings: 1 new, 6 updated
When last checked at 1812 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's Near Earth Object discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one new and six updated listings.
New MPECs on 6 March '10
Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
As of last check at 1812 UTC, there have been five MPECs posted today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- MPEC 2010-E17 time-stamped "07:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
- MPEC 2010-E18 time-stamped "15:45 UT" - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) - see below
- MPEC 2010-E19 time-stamped "16:01 UT" - Comet C/2010 B1 (Cardinal) - see below
- MPEC 2010-E20 time-stamped "16:16 UT" - Comet C/2010 D2 (WISE) - see below
- MPEC 2010-E21 time-stamped "16:30 UT" - Observations of Comets
MPEC 2010-E21 - "16:30 UT" - Observations of Comets
- PK09Y020 P/2009 Y2 (Kowalski) from Remanzacco Obs. (Jan. 16.87p2) and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (March 5.81-83p3)
- CK09U050 C/2009 U5 (Grauer) from Moriyama Obs. (Feb. 21.56-57p2), Brixiis Obs. (March 2.77-78p3), and CAST Obs. (March 5.86p1)
- CK09U030 C/2009 U3 (Hill) from Ageo Obs. (Feb. 20.51-53p2), Moriyama Obs. (Feb. 21.44-45p2), RAS Obs. Mayhill (Feb. 22.16-17p2, 26.09-10p3 & March 3.10-11p3), Stixendorf Obs. (March 1.79-80p2), and Maidbronn Obs. (March 2.76-77p3, 3.76-78p4 & 4.78p3)
- PK09T020 P/2009 T2 (La Sagra) from Ageo Obs. (Feb. 20.46-47p2), Auckland Obs. (Feb. 21.38-40p4), Nazaret Obs. (Feb. 25.88p3), La Vara Obs. (March 1.83-84p2), and Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) (March 4.06-07p6)
- PK09Q040 P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) from Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.63p2), La Vara Obs. (March 1.96-97p3), and CAST Obs. (March 5.89p1)
- CK09O020 C/2009 O2 (Catalina) from RAS Mayhill (Feb. 24.52-53p3 & 27.53p2) and Kurihara Obs. (March 3.84p2)
- CK09K050 C/2009 K5 (McNaught) from RAS Mayhill (Feb. 27.51-52p2) and Kurihara Obs. (March 3.82p4)
- CK08Q030 C/2008 Q3 (Garradd) from Pinsoro Obs. (Feb. 20.22-23p3), Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.77p2), Nazaret Obs. (Feb. 28.94-95p4), La Vara Obs. (March 2.01p3), Maidbronn Obs. (March 5.18-19p3), and CAST Obs. (March 5.92p1)
- CK08F75K C/2008 FK75 (Lemmon-Siding Spring) from Schiaparelli Obs. (Feb. 21.14p2), Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.83p2), and Ageo Obs. (Feb. 24.75-76p2)
- CK07Q030 C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) from Pinsoro Obs. (Feb. 20.23-24p3), Odessa-Mayaki Obs. (Feb. 24.02p1, 24.07p1 & 26.03-05p2), Kurihara Obs. (Feb. 27.52p3), La Vara Obs. (March 2.02-03p3), RAS Mayhill (March 2.46-47p2 & 4.43-44p2), Inastars Obs. (March 3.95-97p5), Mt. Tuffley Obs. (March 5.03-04p3), CAST Obs. (March 5.94p1), and PJMSO (March 6.48p6)
- CK07N030 C/2007 N3 (Lulin) from PJMSO (Feb. 25.07-08p3 & March 5.09-10p6)
- CK07G010 C/2007 G1 (LINEAR) from Auckland Obs. (Feb. 20.38-39p3), Moriyama Obs. (Feb. 21.42p2), and PJMSO (March 6.06-07p6)
- CK06O02F C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) from Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.62p2), CAST Obs. (March 5.96p1), and PJMSO (March 6.08-09p6)
- CK05L030 C/2005 L3 (McNaught) from Pinsoro Obs. (Feb. 20.15-17p3), Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.77p2), and CAST Obs. (March 5.93p1)
- 0232P 232P/Hill from Nazaret Obs. (Feb. 25.94-95p3) and CAST Obs. (March 5.81p1)
- 0230P 230P/LINEAR from Moriyama Obs. (Feb. 21.58-59p2), Naef Obs. (March 2.87-89p2), the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) (March 4.42-44p4), and CAST Obs. (March 5.90p1)
- 0217P 217P/LINEAR from Auckland Obs. (Feb. 20.36p1) and Nazaret Obs. (Feb. 25.91-93p4)
- 0203P 203P/Korlevic from Stixendorf Obs. (March 1.81p2), La Vara Obs. (March 1.87-89p3), and RAS Mayhill (March 3.17-18p2)
- 0169P 169P/NEAT from Pinsoro Obs. (Feb. 20.03-04p3), Auckland Obs. (Feb. 21.43p3), La Vara Obs. (March 1.98-99p3), and Zonalunar Obs. (March 3.84p1)
- 0157P 157P/Tritton from RAS Mayhill (Feb. 24.13p2, 26.11-12p3 & March 3.09-10p2), Mataro Obs. (Feb. 26.89-90p3), Ageo Obs. (Feb. 28.44-45p2), Berta Obs. (Feb. 28.84-86p3), Nazaret Obs. (Feb. 28.88-89p3), Stixendorf Obs. (March 1.77-78p5), Montcabre Obs. (March 1.79p3), Maisoncelles Obs. (March 2.81-83p9), and PJMSO (March 4.06p6 & 5.14p5)
- 0145P 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 from CSS (Feb. 9.24-25p4) and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (March 5.87-89p3)
- 0118P 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 from Remanzacco Obs. (Jan. 13.90p2), Auckland Obs. (Feb. 20.35-36p3 & 21.41-42p2), Mataro Obs. (Feb. 26.85-88p3), Kurihara Obs. (Feb. 27.50-51p3), Nazaret Obs. (Feb. 28.89-91p5 & March 5.86p5), Stixendorf Obs. (March 1.84p5), La Vara Obs. (March 1.90p3), Monte Deva Obs. (March 1.91-94p5), Maisoncelles Obs. (March 2.84-85p5), Nagano Obs. (March 3.48p3), and PJMSO (March 5.15p6)
- 0094P 94P/Russell 4 from Pinsoro Obs. (Feb. 20.06-07p3), Borken Obs. (March 1.85-87p4), Montcabre Obs. (March 1.89-90p3), Maidbronn Obs. (March 3.03-05p3), Kurihara Obs. (March 3.47p2), Maisoncelles Obs. (March 4.00-01p4), CSS (March 5.24-25p4), and CAST Obs. (March 5.88p1)
- 0088P 88P/Howell from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 30.38p2, Feb. 20.39-40p2 & 28.40p2)
- 0081P 81P/Wild 2 from Tzec Maun Obs. Mayhill (Feb. 17.43-44p5), Pinsoro Obs. (Feb. 20.14-15p3), Odessa-Mayaki Obs. (Feb. 20.96p1, 23.92-93p3, 24.01p1 & 26.02-04p2), Montcabre Obs. (March 1.96p3), Monte Deva Obs. (March 2.01-02p5), La Vara Obs. (March 2.04p3), RAS Mayhill (March 2.48p2), Maisoncelles Obs. (March 5.01-02p3), and PJMSO (March 6.46-47p6)
- 0074P 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh from Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.75p2) and Ageo Obs. (Feb. 24.69-71p2)
- 0047P 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson from Schiaparelli Obs. (Feb. 7.85p1 & 7.91p1) and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (March 1.80-83p3)
- 0031P 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 from Chante-Perdrix Obs. (March 1.77-79p3), Maidbronn Obs. (March 4.84-87p3), Maisoncelles Obs. (March 4.86-91p8), and PJMSO (March 5.13-14p4)
- 0030P 30P/Reinmuth 1 from Auckland Obs. (Feb. 20.34-35p3), Mataro Obs. (Feb. 26.81-82p3), Kurihara Obs. (Feb. 27.49p2), PJMSO (Feb. 28.09-10p6 & March 5.12-14p6), Chante-Perdrix Obs. (March 1.77-79p3), Montcabre Obs. (March 1.81p3), Stixendorf Obs. (March 1.82-83p4), Monte Deva Obs. (March 1.88-90p5), La Vara Obs. (March 1.91-92p3), Doc Greiner Research Obs. (DGRO) (March 3.05-10p3), RAS Mayhill (March 3.12-13p2), Maidbronn Obs. (March 3.85p3, 4.80-81p2 & 4.87p2), and Maisoncelles Obs. (March 4.86-91p16)
- 0029P 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 from Pinsoro Obs. (Feb. 19.99-00p3), Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.70-72p2), Gualba Obs. (March 1.80p3), Brixiis Obs. (March 1.80-85p7), Stixendorf Obs. (March 1.85-87p5), Montcabre Obs. (March 1.88-89p3), Borken Obs. (March 1.89-91p8 & 2.94-95p5), La Vara Obs. (March 1.93p3), Monte Deva Obs. (March 1.94-95p5), Maisoncelles Obs. (March 2.85-86p5 & 4.92-93p5), Maidbronn Obs. (March 2.00-02p3 & 4.02-03p3), Kurihara Obs. (March 3.44-46p4), Kiev Comet Station (March 3.93-96p12), Pear Tree Obs. (March 5.09-12p3), Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (March 5.10-19p4 & 6.12-18p3), and Chante-Perdrix Obs. (March 5.90p2)
- 0022P 22P/Kopff from Ageo Obs. (Jan. 30.41-42p2 & Feb. 20.42-43p2)
- 0010P 10P/Tempel 2 from RAS Mayhill (Feb. 17.49p3) and Grove Creek Obs. (March 2.72-74p3)
- 0009P 9P/Tempel 1 from Masquefa Obs. (Feb. 20.86-91p3), Schiaparelli Obs. (Feb. 20.95p1 & 21.02p1), and La Vara Obs. (March 1.85-87p3)
MPEC 2010-E20 - "16:16 UT" - Comet C/2010 D2 (WISE)
- CK10D020 C/2010 D2 (WISE) (i=59.2°, q=3.917 AU, TP=2010 Apr. 15.846 TT) from Astronomical Research Obs. Westfield (ARO Westfield) (March 5.03-04p3), Tenagra II Obs. (March 5.17p3), and RAS Mayhill (March 6.20-21p3)
MPEC 2010-E19 - "16:01 UT" - Comet C/2010 B1 (Cardinal)
- CK10B010 C/2010 B1 (Cardinal) (i=102.0°, q=2.942 AU, TP=2011 Feb. 6.8916 TT) from Sendai Obs. (Feb. 23.66p2), LINEAR (Feb. 26.15-20p5), Modra Obs. (Feb. 27.75-76p3), Maidbronn Obs. (March 2.98p4 & 3.80-81p4), PJMSO (March 4.11-12p7 & 5.11-12p7), Cockfield Obs. (March 4.83p1), and CAST Obs. (March 5.85p1)
MPEC 2010-E18 - "15:45 UT" - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)
- PK10A020 P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) (q=2.005 AU, TP=2009 Dec. 4.10957 TT) from ARO Westfield (March 4.13-15p3), Maidbronn Obs. (March 4.94-98p4), and Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (March 5.24-25p2)
<< DOU on 6 Mar. '10 >> MPEC 2010-E17 - "07:06 UT" - Daily Orbit Update
- Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
- K10D00A 2010 DA (arc=17 days, H=20.3 ~295m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.11-12p3)
- K10C55H 2010 CH55 (arc=18 days, H=19.7 ~389m) from the Spacewatch 1.8m telescope (March 5.39p3)
- K10C19L 2010 CL19 (arc=20 days, H=17.6 ~1.02 km) from David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea (March 5.23-24p3)
- K10C19G 2010 CG19 (i=61.9°, arc=19 days, H=19.5 ~426m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (March 5.36-37p3)
- K10C19D 2010 CD19 (arc=19 days, H=18.2 ~776m) from Sormano Obs. (March 2.90-93p2) and ARO Westfield (March 5.12-14p5)
- Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
- K10A00L 2010 AL (arc=58 days, H=22.5 ~107m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (March 5.46-47p3)
- K00R52E 2000 RE52 (arc=2 opp, H=22.4 ~112m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.22-23p5), Alter Satzberg Obs. (March 5.82-83p4), and DGRO (March 6.11p14)
- Observations of almost-small asteroids (21.7<H<=22.0)
- K10D01F 2010 DF1 (arc=16 days, H=21.9 ~141m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (March 5.37-38p3)
- K10A60O 2010 AO60 (arc=49 days, H=21.8 ~148m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (March 5.30-31p3)
- Observations of other objects
- K10CI0C 2010 CC180 (arc=21 days, H=18.4 ~708m) from Ernesto Guido via RAS Obs. Mayhill (March 5.42-44p2)
- K10C44M 2010 CM44 (arc=21 days, H=19.2 ~490m) from ARO Westfield (March 4.34-35p3), Bigmuskie Obs. (March 6.04-05p3), and DGRO (March 6.17-19p8)
- K10C18L 2010 CL18 (Q=4.196 AU, arc=19 days, H=18.4 ~708m) from ARO Westfield (March 4.42-43p3)
- K10C01R 2010 CR1 (q=0.366 AU, arc=2 opp, H=18.4 ~708m) from ARO Westfield (March 4.20-21p3)
- K10B03T 2010 BT3 (arc=41 days, H=21.4 ~178m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (March 5.34-35p3)
- K10B03B 2010 BB3 (arc=43 days, H=20.3 ~295m) from CSS (March 5.29-31p4)
- K10B02G 2010 BG2 (i=43.1°, q=0.313 AU, Q=6.488 AU, arc=46 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.04-09p3 at V=22.2-4)
- K09S19T 2009 ST19 (arc=2 opp, H=18.3 ~741m) from Pinsoro Obs. (2009 Sept. 26.11-12p3)
- K08J00G 2008 JG (arc=3 opp, H=20.8 ~234m) from CSS (March 5.29-31p4)
- K07E88P 2007 EP88 (q=0.096 AU, arc=2 opp, H=18.5 ~676m) from Tanti Obs. (March 6.16-18p3)
- K07E00F 2007 EF (arc=2 opp, H=21.5 ~170m) from Bergen-Enkheim Obs. (March 5.07-10p5) and ARO Westfield (March 5.46-47p5)
- K06SD4S 2006 SS134 (arc=2 opp, H=21.4 ~178m) from Bergen-Enkheim Obs. (March 4.96-99p3)
- K06E01E 2006 EE1 (i=36.4°, arc=2 opp, H=19.8 ~371m) from ARO Westfield (March 4.36p5)
- K06D14S 2006 DS14 (arc=3 opp, H=20.3 ~295m) from Bigmuskie Obs. (March 5.85-87p3)
- K04X50D 2004 XD50 (arc=2 opp, H=18.5 ~676m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.38-39p4)
- K04T13R 2004 TR13 (arc=4 opp, H=18.5 ~676m) from Thompsonville Obs. (March 6.16-17p6)
- K04R00K 2004 RK (arc=4 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.42-43p4)
- K03A00A 2003 AA (arc=4 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from ARO Westfield (March 4.39-42p3 at V=21.8-22.2) and Spacewatch 1.8m (March 5.44-45p2)
- K02L32S 2002 LS32 (arc=6 opp, H=18.2 ~776m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.29-30p3)
- K00J03A 2000 JA3 (arc=3 opp, H=18.6 ~645m) from ARO Westfield (March 4.25-29p3)
- K00CA1O 2000 CO101 (arc=2 opp, H=19.1 ~513m) from Bigmuskie Obs. (March 5.79-80p3) and Thompsonville Obs. (March 6.21-22p6)
- J98O01K 1998 OK1 (arc=2 opp, H=19.4 ~446m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.31-32p4)
- J96G01D 1996 GD1 (arc=4 opp, H=20.7 ~245m) from ARO Westfield (March 5.20-24p3 at V=21.9-22.1)
- N2382 232382 from CSS (March 5.24-26p4)
- L8863 218863 2006 WO127 from Thompsonville Obs. (March 6.14-15p6)
- K7945 207945 1991 JW from Bigmuskie Obs. (March 5.98-00p3)
- H3561 173561 2000 YV137 from ARO Westfield (March 4.31-33p3)
- G3132 163132 2002 CU11 from Bigmuskie Obs. (March 5.83-84p3)
- F9454 159454 2000 DJ8 from Bigmuskie Obs. (March 6.02-03p3)
- F9402 159402 1999 AP10 from CSS (March 5.19-21p4)
- 85990 85990 1999 JV6 from Bigmuskie Obs. (March 5.92-96p3)
- 68267 68267 2001 EA16 from ARO Westfield (March 4.37-39p3)
- 68216 68216 2001 CV26 from ARO Westfield (March 4.40-42p4 & 5.44-45p4)
- 54789 54789 2001 MZ7 from Thompsonville Obs. (March 6.19-21p6)
- 11066 11066 Sigurd (1992 CC1) from CSS (March 5.37-39p4)
- 08201 8201 1994 AH2 from CSS (March 5.11-13p4)
- 05751 5751 Zao (1992 AC) from CSS (March 5.11-13p3)
- 05693 5693 1993 EA from Bigmuskie Obs. (March 5.88-90p3)
- 05626 5626 1991 FE from Thompsonville Obs. (March 6.09-10p6)
- 02212 2212 Hephaistos (1978 SB) from Thompsonville Obs. (March 6.11-13p6)
- 01862 1862 Apollo (1932 HA) from CSS (March 5.27-28p4)
- 01627 1627 Ivar (1929 SH) from CSS (March 5.23-25p4)
- 00433 433 Eros (1898 DQ) from Thompsonville Obs. (March 6.07-08p6)
Observers on 6 March '10
A total of 51 observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.
| Code | Observer / observatory |
|---|---|
| 349 | Ageo Obs. in Japan, 7 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2009 U3, P/2009 T2, C/2008 FK75, 157P, 88P, 74P, 22P |
| B03 | Alter Satzberg Obs. in Austria, 1 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2000 RE52 |
| H21 | Astronomical Research Obs. Westfield (ARO Westfield) in Illinois, 21 in MPECs 2010-E17, 2010-E18 & 2010-E20 -- 2010 DA, C/2010 D2, 2010 CR1, 2010 CM44, 2010 CL18, 2010 CD19, 2010 BG2, P/2010 A2, 2007 EF, 2006 EE1, 2004 XD50, 2004 RK, 2003 AA, 2002 LS32, 2000 RE52, 2000 JA3, 1998 OK1, 1996 GD1, 68267, 68216, 173561 |
| 467 | Auckland Obs. in New Zealand, 6 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- P/2009 T2, C/2007 G1, 217P, 169P, 118P, 30P |
| A74 | Bergen-Enkheim Obs. in Germany, 2 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2007 EF, 2006 SS134 |
| C12 | Berta Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 157P |
| B88 | Bigmuskie Obs. in Italy, 8 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2010 CM44, 2006 DS14, 2000 CO101, 85990, 207945, 163132, 159454, 5693 |
| B59 | Borken Obs. in Germany, 2 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 94P, 29P |
| B96 | Brixiis Obs. in Belgium, 2 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2009 U5, 29P |
| 235 | CAST Obs. in Italy, 10 in MPECs 2010-E19 & 2010-E21 -- C/2010 B1, C/2009 U5, P/2009 Q4, C/2008 Q3, C/2007 Q3, C/2006 OF2, C/2005 L3, 232P, 230P, 94P |
| 703 | Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona, 12 in MPECs 2010-E17 & 2010-E21 -- 2010 BB3, 2008 JG, 232382, 159402, 11066, 8201, 5751, 1862, 1627, 230P, 145P, 94P |
| A77 | Chante-Perdrix Obs. in France, 6 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- P/2009 Y2, 145P, 47P, 31P, 30P, 29P |
| 480 | Cockfield Obs. in England, 1 in MPEC 2010-E19 -- C/2010 B1 |
| 850 | Cordell-Lorenz Obs. in Tennessee, 2 in MPECs 2010-E18 & 2010-E21 -- P/2010 A2, 29P |
| H26 | Doc Greiner Research Obs. (DGRO) in Wisconsin, 3 in MPECs 2010-E17 & 2010-E21 -- 2010 CM44, 2000 RE52, 30P |
| E16 | Grove Creek Obs. in New South Wales, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 10P |
| 442 | Gualba Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 29P |
| B15 | Inastars Obs. in Germany, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2007 Q3 |
| 585 | Kiev Comet Station in the Ukraine, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 29P |
| D95 | Kurihara Obs. in Japan, 7 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2009 O2, C/2009 K5, C/2007 Q3, 118P, 94P, 30P, 29P |
| 704 | LINEAR in New Mexico, 1 in MPEC 2010-E19 -- C/2010 B1 |
| J38 | La Vara Obs. in Spain, 11 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- P/2009 T2, P/2009 Q4, C/2008 Q3, C/2007 Q3, 203P, 169P, 118P, 81P, 30P, 29P, 9P |
| B82 | Maidbronn Obs. in Germany, 8 in MPECs 2010-E18, 2010-E19 & 2010-E21 -- C/2010 B1, P/2010 A2, C/2009 U3, C/2008 Q3, 94P, 31P, 30P, 29P |
| C10 | Maisoncelles Obs. in France, 7 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 157P, 118P, 94P, 81P, 31P, 30P, 29P |
| 232 | Masquefa Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 9P |
| A06 | Mataro Obs. in Spain, 3 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 157P, 118P, 30P |
| 5682 | David Tholen's team on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, 1 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2010 CL19 |
| 118 | Modra Obs. in Slovakia, 1 in MPEC 2010-E19 -- C/2010 B1 |
| 213 | Montcabre Obs. in Spain, 5 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 157P, 94P, 81P, 30P, 29P |
| 945 | Monte Deva Obs. in Spain, 4 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 118P, 81P, 30P, 29P |
| 900 | Moriyama Obs. in Japan, 4 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2009 U5, C/2009 U3, C/2007 G1, 230P |
| J93 | Mt. Tuffley Obs. in England, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2007 Q3 |
| A13 | Naef Obs. in Switzerland, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 230P |
| D81 | Nagano Obs. in Japan, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 118P |
| J47 | Nazaret Obs. in Spain, 6 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- P/2009 T2, C/2008 Q3, 232P, 217P, 157P, 118P |
| 583 | Odessa-Mayaki Obs. in the Ukraine, 2 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2007 Q3, 81P |
| H23 | Pear Tree Obs. in Florida, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 29P |
| H45 | Petit Jean Mtn. South Obs. (PJMSO) in Arkansas, 11 in MPECs 2010-E19 & 2010-E21 -- C/2010 B1, P/2009 T2, C/2007 Q3, C/2007 N3, C/2007 G1, C/2006 OF2, 157P, 118P, 81P, 31P, 30P |
| J52 | Pinsoro Obs. in Spain, 8 in MPECs 2010-E17 & 2010-E21 -- 2009 ST19, C/2008 Q3, C/2007 Q3, C/2005 L3, 169P, 94P, 81P, 29P |
| H06 | RAS Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 10 in MPECs 2010-E20 & 2010-E21 -- C/2010 D2, C/2009 U3, C/2009 O2, C/2009 K5, C/2007 Q3, 203P, 157P, 81P, 30P, 10P |
| H06% | Ernesto Guido in Italy via RAS Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 1 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2010 CC180 |
| 473 | Remanzacco Obs. in Italy, 2 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- P/2009 Y2, 118P |
| 204 | Schiaparelli Obs. in Italy, 3 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2008 FK75, 47P, 9P |
| D93 | Sendai Obs. in Japan, 8 in MPECs 2010-E19 & 2010-E21 -- C/2010 B1, P/2009 Q4, C/2008 Q3, C/2008 FK75, C/2006 OF2, C/2005 L3, 74P, 29P |
| 587 | Sormano Obs. in Italy, 1 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2010 CD19 |
| 291 | Spacewatch 1.8m telescope in Arizona, 7 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2010 DF1, 2010 CH55, 2010 CG19, 2010 BT3, 2010 AO60, 2010 AL, 2003 AA |
| A71 | Stixendorf Obs. in Austria, 6 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- C/2009 U3, 203P, 157P, 118P, 30P, 29P |
| I19 | Tanti Obs. in Argentina, 1 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2007 EP88 |
| 926 | Tenagra II Obs. in Arizona, 1 in MPEC 2010-E20 -- C/2010 D2 |
| H53 | Thompsonville Obs. in Illinois, 7 in MPEC 2010-E17 -- 2004 TR13, 2000 CO101, 54789, 218863, 5626, 2212, 433 |
| H10 | Tzec Maun Obs. Mayhill in New Mexico, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 81P |
| J08 | Zonalunar Obs. in Spain, 1 in MPEC 2010-E21 -- 169P |
| For a list of all participating observatories that have Web addresses, see A/CC's Observatory Links page. | |
Impact Risk Monitoring on 6 March '10
At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 1812 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 6 March '10
Times are UTC for when items were noted or added by The Tracking News.
| 1711 | Grabbed MPEC 2010-E19 - Comet C/2010 B1 (Cardinal) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-E20 - Comet C/2010 D2 (WISE) - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-E21 - Observations of Comets - see above |
| 1600 | Grabbed MPEC 2010-E17 - Daily Orbit Update - see above Grabbed MPEC 2010-E18 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) - see above |