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Contents  on 27 May '08

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- two listings: 1 new, 1 updated
  • New MPECs -- three MPECs
• Observers -- thirteen 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
• 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 27 May '08

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 2 listings: 1 new, 1 updated

When last checked at 2355 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had one new and one updated listing. Both of these were "one nighters." So far The Tracking News has counted a total of six objects listed on the NEOCP at some point today.

To learn how observers use the NEOCP, see the Practical guide on how to observe NEOCP object by Birtwhistle et al. at Suno Observatory.

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New MPECs  on 27 May '08

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2355 UTC, there have been three MPECs issued today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2008-K41 time-stamped "06:07 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2008-K42 time-stamped "13:27 UT" - 2008 DS83 - see below
• MPEC 2008-K43 time-stamped "22:27 UT" - 2008 KO

MPEC 2008-K43 - "22:27 UT" - 2008 KO

• K08K00O   2008 KO (small asteroid, Earth MOID=0.1 LD, H=24.1 ~51m) was discovered at 0901 UT on 27 May by the Mt. Lemmon Survey (MLS), which observed it at May 27.38-45p11. The discovery was confirmed by Trieste Obs. (May 27.92p4). This object will be coming within ten lunar distances (LD) of Earth, reaching 4.6 LD on 1 June.

MPEC 2008-K42 - "13:27 UT" - 2008 DS83

• K08D83S   2008 DS83 (Q=5.063 AU, H=18.5 ~676m) was discovered at 0929 UT on 24 Feb. by the Spacewatch 0.9m telescope, which observed it at Feb. 24.40-43p3. The discovery was confirmed by MLS (March 5.32-34p4, 28.20-21p4, 29.25-27p4 & May 3.15-17p4), Jim Bedient via Faulkes Telescope North (May 24.31-36p3 & 25.27-31p3), and the Spacewatch 1.8m telescope (May 26.16p2 & 27.21-22p3).

<< DOU on 27 May '08 >>  MPEC 2008-K41 - "06:07 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of small asteroids (H>22.0)
• K08J26S   2008 JS26 (arc=12 days, H=23.6 ~65m) from Desert Moon Obs. (May 26.27-29p3) and Spacewatch 1.8m (May 26.38p2)
• Observations of other objects
• K08J30Y   2008 JY30 (Q=4.080 AU, arc=11 days, H=18.5 ~676m) from the Siding Spring Survey (SSS) (May 25.72-75p3)
• K08J26R   2008 JR26 (arc=14 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from Silver Spring Obs. (May 26.14-20p3) and Modra Obs. (May 26.97-98p2)
• K08J14Q   2008 JQ14 (arc=21 days, H=19.3 ~467m) from Desert Moon Obs. (May 26.21-25p3)
• K08J14P   2008 JP14 (arc=26 days, H=19.4 ~446m) from Modra Obs. (May 26.95-96p4)
• K08J00O   2008 JO (arc=24 days, H=18.4 ~708m) from Desert Moon Obs. (May 26.17-19p3)
• K08J00J   2008 JJ (i=44.6°, arc=27 days, H=19.2 ~490m) from Capannoli Obs. (May 26.96-98p6) and Modra Obs. (May 27.01-02p4)
• K08H66E   2008 HE66 (arc=27 days, H=21.7 ~155m) from Modra Obs. (May 26.99p2)
• K08H02F   2008 HF2 (arc=29 days, H=19.6 ~407m) from LINEAR (May 26.25-28p4)
• K08E69C   2008 EC69 (Q=4.458 AU, arc=2 opp, H=17.3 ~1.17 km) from LINEAR (May 26.38-41p5) and Modra Obs. (May 27.04-05p5)
• K05T45U   2005 TU45 (arc=3 opp, H=17.1 ~1.29 km) from Capannoli Obs. (May 26.93p2)
• K05N07B   2005 NB7 (arc=3 opp, H=18.7 ~616m) from Capannoli Obs. (May 26.89-91p4)
• K04L03V   2004 LV3 (arc=2 opp, H=18.7 ~616m) from Tiki Obs. (May 26.51-55p3)
• K02J08X   2002 JX8 (arc=3 opp, H=20.3 ~295m) from Spacewatch 1.8m (May 27.17-19p5)
• K00V45A   2000 VA45 (arc=4 opp, H=18.4 ~708m) from Tiki Obs. (May 26.46-50p3)
• K00AK5D   2000 AD205 (arc=2 opp, H=18.6 ~645m) from Modra Obs. (May 27.00-01p3)
• I4990   184990 2006 KE89 from Timberlake Obs. (May 26.14-18p3)
• 07482   7482 1994 PC1 from LINEAR (May 26.38-41p5)

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Observers  on 27 May '08

Thirteen observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 27 May '08

At last check (NEODyS and JPL at 2355 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 27 May '08

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