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Comet C/2008 H1 (LINEAR)
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An magnitude 17 object, having at first the appearance of an asteroid, was discovered on April 18, 2008 by the LINEAR monitoring telescope. The cometary nature was revealed by confirmation observations made by E Reina (Masquefa Observatory), E Guido and G Sostero (Mayhill Observatory, ), J...
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Asteroid 2005 NB7
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The 0.5 - 1.2 km wide asteroid 2005 NB7 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on the 5th July 2005. It approached within 0.0422 AU (16.4 lunar distances) on April 17th 2008. Arecibo radar observations on April 10-12 sho...
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Asteroid 2008 GF1
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[url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001%20GF1;orb=1]Re...
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Solar System's oldest objects
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Using visible and infrared data collected from telescopes on Hawaii`s Mauna Kea, a team of scientists, led by the University of Maryland's Jessica Sunshine, have identified three asteroids that appear to be among our Solar System's oldest objects. Evidence indicates that these ancient asteroi...
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Asteroid 8E4BDB1
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A near earth asteroid (NEO) 8E4BDB1 is predicted to make a close flyby of the Earth; passing at a distance of only 0.00108 AU (about 0.6 LD), at about 9:04 UT on Sunday, 9 March. The NEO will reach magnitude 12.6 and be observable from Europe and the Americas. H=26.7 8E4BDB1 = 2008 EZ7 [url=http://www...
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STEREO Comets: C/2008 D1, D2, D3, D4
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Four new comets were discovered on NRL/SECCHI images taken by various remote instruments (HI1-A, COR2-A, HI1-B, COR2-B) on the STEREO-A and STEREO-B satellites. C/2008 D1 (STEREO) - Alan Watson - HI1-A, February 16, 2008 (20:09-23:29 UTC)...
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Comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina)
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A faint new comet was discovered on the 2nd March 2008 by R. E. Hill of the Catalina Sky Survey, which was confirmed by other observers. The preliminary orbital elements of comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) indicate a perihelion passage on October 29, 2008 with the distance from 4.8 AU from the Sun, and visua...
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2007 UK126
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KBO 2007 UK126 was discovered by Mount Palomar on 19 Oct. 2007. Ephemeris: 2007 UK126 a,e,i = 71.32, 0.47, 23 q = 37.970 Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2008 02 24 03 48.75 -03 11.3 45.992 45.835 80.3 1.2 20.8 2008 03 05 03 49.02 -03 05.2 46.136 45.826 71.2 1.2 20.8 2008 03 15 03 49.43 -02 58.9 4...
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Jovian Seismology
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Title: SYMPA, a dedicated instrument for Jovian Seismology. II. Real performance and first results Authors: Patrick Gaulme, F.X. Schmider, Jean Gay, Cedric Jacob, Manuel Alvarez, Mauricio Reyes, Juan Antonio Belmonte, Eric Fossat, Francois Jeanneaux, Jean-Claude Valtier Context. Due to it...
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Asteroid 2008 CT1
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Yesterday, the 13-metre wide asteroid 2008 CT1 flew past the Earth at a distance of only 72000 miles (0.3 lunar distances) away. The small asteroid was discovered on 3 February by LINEAR. MPEC 2008-C32 [url=http://ssd.jpl.n...
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Comet C/2008 C1 (Chen-Gao)
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Jin Beize (Beijing Technology and University Business) has announced the discovery of a comet by CAT Tao Chen (Suzhou City, Jiangsu province, China) on a CCD image taken on February 01, 2008 by Xing Gao (Urumqi, Xinjiang province) using a wide-field 7-cm, 200-mm-f.l., f/2.8 camera lens and 350D...
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Asteroid 2007 TK238
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If the name "2007 TK238" rings no bells, that would not be surprising. What is surprising, however, is that it was students here at Northfield Mount Hermon School, not some established astronomer, who discovered an asteroid subsequently identified with that number-filled name. [url...
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Asteroid Wang Xuan Star
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Asteroid number 4913 has been renamed Wang Xuan Star by the International Asteroid Centre. The name had been put forward by the China Association for Science and Technology, Beijing University. The asteroid was discovered by the Zijinshan Observatory run by the Chinese Academy of Science...
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Comet P/2007 VQ11 (Catalina)
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The diffuse object found by Andrea Boatitini on images taken by the Catalina Sky Survey on February 01, 2008, was confirmed by later observations by Tim Spahr , and linked with an object having the appearance of an asteroid found by Catalina on November 03, 2007. The orbital elements of comet P/2007 V...
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Asteroid 4450 Pan
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The 1.6 km wide Apollo asteroid 4450 Pan (1987 SY) will make a flyby of the Earth on February 19th 2008, at a distance of 15.9 lunar distances (0.0408 AU) The asteroid will appear as a magnitude 13 star in the constellation Lepus, and be viewa...
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