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Contents  on 30 June '08

• IAU Minor Planet Center
  • NEOCP Activity -- seven listings: 3 new, 4 updated
  • New MPECs -- five 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 30 June '08

The MPC's NEO Confirmation Page has 7 listings: 3 new, 4 updated

When last checked at 2358 UTC today, the Minor Planet Center's NEO discovery Confirmation Page (NEOCP) had three new and four updated listings. Of these, six were "one nighters." So far The Tracking News has counted a total of twelve 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 30 June '08

Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

As of last check at 2358 UTC, there have been five MPECs issued today from the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• MPEC 2008-M45 time-stamped "02:21 UT" - 2008 MZ - see below
• MPEC 2008-M46 time-stamped "06:07 UT" - Daily Orbit Update - see below
• MPEC 2008-M47 time-stamped "12:17 UT" - 2008 MG1 - see below
• MPEC 2008-M48 time-stamped "12:21 UT" - 2008 MH1 - see below
• MPEC 2008-M49 time-stamped "17:02 UT" - 2008 MN1

MPEC 2008-M49 - "17:02 UT" - 2008 MN1

• K08M01N   2008 MN1 (i=37.1°, H=20.1 ~323m) was discovered at 1509 UT on 29 June by the Siding Spring Survey (SSS), which observed it at June 29.63-66p4, 29.77p2, 29.84p1, and 30.63-67p4. The discovery was confirmed by Farpoint Obs. (June 30.33-34p4), Magdalena Ridge Obs. (MRO) (June 30.37-40p5), Jim Young via Table Mtn. Obs. (June 30.47-48p4), and Mt. John Obs. (June 30.53-54p4).

MPEC 2008-M48 - "12:21 UT" - 2008 MH1

• K08M01H   2008 MH1 (Q=4.728 AU, H=18.4 ~708m) was discovered at 1300 UT on 28 June by SSS, which observed it at June 28.54-57p3, 29.34p1, 29.53p1, and 29.62p1. The discovery was confirmed by CEAMIG-REA (June 29.02-03p3), Astronomical Research Obs. (ARO) (June 29.11p2), Farpoint Obs. (June 29.13-16p4 & 30.16-17p3), Young/Table Mtn. (June 29.20-22p4), and Mt. John Obs. (June 29.40-41p4 & 30.40p3).

MPEC 2008-M47 - "12:17 UT" - 2008 MG1

• K08M01G   2008 MG1 (q=0.140 AU, H=19.8 ~371m) was discovered at 1716 UT on 27 June by SSS, which observed it at June 27.72-75p4, 28.48-49p2, 28.80p2, 29.47p1, and 29.82p1. The discovery was confirmed by Tiki Obs. (June 28.60-62p2) and Mt. John Obs. (June 29.42-43p3 & 30.46p4).

<< DOU on 30 June '08 >>  MPEC 2008-M46 - "06:07 UT" - Daily Orbit Update

• Observations of recently (no longer) risk-listed objects
• K08K05Z   2008 KZ5 (arc=32 days, H=20.0 ~339m) from ARO (June 26.19p1 & 29.14p3) and Great Shefford Obs. (June 29.97-98p3)
• Observations of other objects
• K08L16Q   2008 LQ16 (arc=16 days, H=20.3 ~295m) from ARO (June 27.24-26p6) and Guidestar Obs. (June 29.92-95p3)
• K08J26R   2008 JR26 (arc=45 days, H=19.9 ~355m) from ARO (June 26.21-22p2)
• K08H66E   2008 HE66 (arc=58 days, H=21.7 ~155m) from ARO (June 26.18-20p3)
• K08H38B   2008 HB38 (arc=57 days, H=21.1 ~204m) from ARO (June 26.13-14p3)
• K08E69C   2008 EC69 (Q=4.458 AU, arc=2 opp, H=17.2 ~1.23 km) from SSS (June 29.74-77p4)
• K08C23P   2008 CP23 (arc=146 days, H=19.6 ~407m) from ARO (June 26.15p2)
• K07X20J   2007 XJ20 (arc=3 opp, H=18.4 ~708m) from SSS (June 29.74-76p4)
• K05M00B   2005 MB (i=41.4°, q=0.204 AU, arc=3 opp, H=17.1 ~1.29 km) from SSS (June 29.58-61p3)
• K04D00C   2004 DC (arc=2 opp, H=18.2 ~776m) from SSS (June 29.37-39p4)
• K03N00C   2003 NC (q=0.274 AU, arc=4 opp, H=19.3 ~467m) from Tiki Obs. (June 29.51-53p3)
• K00M01U   2000 MU1 (arc=5 opp, H=19.8 ~371m) from Inastars Obs. (June 29.96-97p4)
• I4990   184990 2006 KE89 from Inastars Obs. (June 29.91-92p5)
• H3689   173689 2001 PK9 from Los Molinos Obs. (June 29.18-22p5)
• G2723   162723 2000 VM2 from Los Molinos Obs. (June 29.12-14p5)
• E1765   141765 2002 MP3 from SSS (June 29.78-80p4)
• D9289   139289 2001 KR1 from Tentlingen Obs. (June 28.89-98p5)
• 08567   8567 1996 HW1 from Los Molinos Obs. (June 29.28-31p5)
• 07482   7482 1994 PC1 from Los Molinos Obs. (June 29.17p5)
• 07350   7350 1993 VA from SSS (June 29.39-40p4)
• 00887   887 Alinda (1918 DB) from SSS (June 29.63-66p4)

MPEC 2008-M45 - "02:21 UT" - 2008 MZ

• K08M00Z   2008 MZ (Q=4.215 AU, H=18.0 ~851m) was discovered at 1724 UT on 27 June by SSS, which observed it at June 15.60-63p4, 27.73-76p4, 28.64p3, and 29.82p3.

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Observers  on 30 June '08

Thirteen observing facilities appear in today's MPECs.

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Impact Risk Monitoring  on 30 June '08

At last check (NEODyS at 2358 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 30 June '08

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