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Comet C/2008 L2 (Hill)
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Rik E. Hill (Catalina Sky Survey) has announced the discovery of a new magnitude 18.5 comet on June 12, 2008. The preliminary orbital elements of comet C/2008 L2 (Hill) indicate a perihelion passage on July 27, 2008 at a distance of 2.5 AU from the Sun. MPEC 2008-L55 Ephemerides
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Comet C/2008 L3 (Hill)
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Rik E. Hill (Catalina Sky Survey) has announced the discovery of a new magnitude 17.5 comet on June 13, 2008. The orbital elements of the comet C/2008 L3 (Hill) indicate a perihelion passage on April 20, 2008 at a distance of 2 AU from the Sun. MPEC 2008-L56 Ephemerides
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Asteroid 286 Iclea
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Occultation by asteroid 286 Iclea, 15 June 2008 Click to Play | View Details
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Comet P/1997 V1 (Larsen)
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Comet P/1997 V1 (Larsen) was recovered by Jim V. Scotti using the Spacewatch telescope at Kitt Peak on June...
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Asteroid 2008 LB
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Asteroid 2008 HJ
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Asteroid 2008 HJ was discovered on 24th April by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR), five days before it passed within 1.1 million km (less than 3 lunar distances) of the Earth on 29th April, 18:00 UT. The 12 x 24 metre Ap...
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Comets C/2008 E5, 2008 E6 (STEREO)
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Orbital elements: Comet T q e Peri. Node Incl. C CK08E050 2008 Mar. 6.81 0.0051 1.0 89.02 7.48 144.84 X CK08E060 2008 Mar. 16.22 0.0051 1.0 74.07 356.83 143.75 X MPEC 2008-K29
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Asteroids Sana and Dina
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The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Intel Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have named two newly discovered asteroids in honour of two Lebanese students. The asteroids, 23717-Dina Kaddoura 23331-Sana Zaidan, are named after Sana...
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Comet C/2008 J6 (Hill)
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Comet C/2008 J6 (Hill) was discovered on May 14, 2008 by R.E. Hill (Catalina Sky Survey). The comet was confirmed by J.C. Pelle et N. Teamo (Tiki Observatory), by Y. Ikari (Moriyama), E. Guido and G. Sostero (RAS Observatory, Mayhill), and by J.E. McGaha (Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson). The pre...
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Comet C/2008 J5 (Garradd)
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Comet C/2008 J5 (Garradd) was discovered on May 13, 2008 by G.J. Garradd (Siding Spring Survey). The cometary nature of the magnitude 16 object was confirmed by C. Jacques and E. Pimentel (CEAMIG-REA Observatory), by J.C. Pelle and N. Teamo (Tiki Observatory) and by R. Ligustri (RAS Observato...
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Comet C/2008 J4 (McNaught)
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Rob H. McNaught has announced the discovery of a new comet on May 10, 2008, within the framework of Siding Spring Survey. The cometary nature of l' object was confirmed by N. Teamo and J.C. Shovel (Tiki Observatory, Punaauia). The preliminary orbital elements of comet C/2008 J4 (McNaught) indi...
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Asteroid K07VK1S
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Astronomy students at American Fork High School may not realise what an important discovery they have made. That's according to their teacher, Curtis Craig, who helped guide the students in discovering a new asteroid and measuring three other important near-earth objects. NASA agreed, and pres...
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Asteroid 5178 Pattazhy
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It rained red in Pattazhy in 2001. Now the village near Kollam has a namesake near the red planet in the solar system. Dr Sainudeen Pattazhy, the environmentalist who made his mark with a pioneering study on the red rain phenomenon in Kerala, never knew he would be instrumental in immortalising his b...
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Comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini)
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Andrea Boattini at the Catalina Sky Survey discovered a new comet on May 2, 2008. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini) indicate a perihelion passage on the 17th March 2008, at a distance of 1.5 AU from the Sun. Currently at magnitude 14, the comet is visible in the nort...
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Comet P/2008 G2 (Shoemaker)
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On April 10 2008, Tim B Spahr at the Catalina Sky Survey at the Minor Planet Centre, identified a candidate for comet P/1994 J3 = 1994k = 1994 XXVIII, aka Shoemaker 4, discovered in May 1994 by Eugene Shoemaker. Brian Marsden also identified another candidate in the Catalina observing data, dating ...
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