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Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, has a 1 in 75 chance of impacting into the Red Planet on Jan. 30. "These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track ... threatening asteroids" - Steve Chesley, an astr...

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An asteroid like object that was discovered by the LINEAR monitoring telescope on January 13, 2008 was identified as an comet with confirming observations. The preliminary orbital elements of comet P/2008 A1 (LINEAR) indicate a perihelion passage on June 12, 2008 at a distance of 1.3 AU f...

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On Jan. 10, 2008, a 1.2 km-wide asteroid, 2005 WJ56, will make a close flyby (2.6 million miles, 10.9 lunar distances) of the Earth. The asteroid will appear as a magnitude 11.6 star in the constellation Taurus. Ephemeris pre>Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2008 01 05 07 27.69 +62 27.3...

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The asteroid was discovered on January 8th, 2008 by the Siding Spring Survey (SSS). H = 21.2, ~ 195m in diameter. MPEC 2008-A37

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The Japanese name for an asteroid discovered in the solar system by amateur Japanese stargazers has been recognised by the Paris-based International Astronomical Union (IAU). Kisohinoki, the name of a famous type of wood found in the Kiso area in Nagano Prefecture, was proposed by Kaoru Shibahar...

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Orbital elements: 2008 AE Earth MOID = 0.1317 AU Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 MPC M 278.39891 (2000.0) P Q n 0.69073396 Peri. 23.35714 -0.90479550 -0.40130634 a 1.2674442 Node 132.18653 +0.35407210 -0.89482485 e 0.1244644 Incl. 11.08586 +0.23659680 -0.19555486 P 1.43 H 19.7 G 0.15 U 9 Ep...

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A new magnitude 18.5 comet was discovered by Rob H. McNaught on images taken with the Uppsala 0.5 meter Schmidt telescope of the Siding Spring Survey on December 31, 2007. The comet was confirmed by D. M. Burton (Australian National University, ANU) using the 1 metre Siding Spring reflector. The pre...

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A magnitude 18.4 object, having the appearance of an asteroid, was discovered on December 16, 2007 by the LINEAR monitoring telescope. The cometary nature was revealed during confirmation observations of the object. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR) indicate...

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A comet targeted for a flyby with NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft cannot be found, forcing mission planners to send the probe to a different comet. The comet may have evad...

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Saturns little moon Atlas orbits (137,640km)between the outer edge of the A ring and the twisted F ring. [url=http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg...

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COMET P/2006 W4 = P/1993 D1 (HILL) R. E. Hill reported the discovery of the comet in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey (discovery observation below), the object was noted as having a tail about 15" long to the west-northwest. The object was been found to show cometary appearance by other CC...

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A new magnitude 18.2 comet was discovered on November 29, 2007 by the LINEAR monitoring telescope, and confirmed by observers over the following days. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) indicate a perihelion passage on June 02, 2008 at a distance of 1,7 AU from the Sun....

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The small asteroid 2007 VE191 was discovered USNO Flagstaff on the 19th November has made a close flyby of Earth. The asteroid is now departing the Earth moon system after coming about 5 lunar distances at 04:03 UT 28th November, 2007 Object: 2007VE191 date MJD sigma sigimp dist +/- width...

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Asteroid (?) 2007 UN12 was discovered at 08:56 UT on 21 Oct. by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS). Closest approach was on Oct. 17.64 2007, at a distance of 0.0004658 AU. MPEC 2007-U84 PL Sentry has posted 2007 UN12 as an impact ri...

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Asteroid 149244 Kriegh (2002 RZ240) was discovered in 2002 Sept. 14 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at Palomar. Read more

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	2007 WD5 ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, has a 1 in 75 chance of impacting into the Red Planet on Jan. 30. "These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track ... threatening asteroids" - Steve Chesley, an astr...	Blobrana	24	Jan 30 18:53 2008 by Blobrana
	Comet P/2008 A1 (LINEAR) (Preview) An asteroid like object that was discovered by the LINEAR monitoring telescope on January 13, 2008 was identified as an comet with confirming observations. The preliminary orbital elements of comet P/2008 A1 (LINEAR) indicate a perihelion passage on June 12, 2008 at a distance of 1.3 AU f...	Blobrana	0	Jan 20 17:19 2008 by Blobrana
	Asteroid 2005 WJ56 (Preview) On Jan. 10, 2008, a 1.2 km-wide asteroid, 2005 WJ56, will make a close flyby (2.6 million miles, 10.9 lunar distances) of the Earth. The asteroid will appear as a magnitude 11.6 star in the constellation Taurus. Ephemeris pre>Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2008 01 05 07 27.69 +62 27.3...	Blobrana	1	Jan 9 21:33 2008 by Blobrana
	Asteroid 2008 AX1 (Preview) The asteroid was discovered on January 8th, 2008 by the Siding Spring Survey (SSS). H = 21.2, ~ 195m in diameter. MPEC 2008-A37	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 19:13 2008 by Blobrana
	Asteroid Kisohinoki (Preview) The Japanese name for an asteroid discovered in the solar system by amateur Japanese stargazers has been recognised by the Paris-based International Astronomical Union (IAU). Kisohinoki, the name of a famous type of wood found in the Kiso area in Nagano Prefecture, was proposed by Kaoru Shibahar...	Blobrana	1	Jan 6 21:45 2008 by Blobrana
	Asteroid 2008 AE NEO (Preview) Orbital elements: 2008 AE Earth MOID = 0.1317 AU Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 MPC M 278.39891 (2000.0) P Q n 0.69073396 Peri. 23.35714 -0.90479550 -0.40130634 a 1.2674442 Node 132.18653 +0.35407210 -0.89482485 e 0.1244644 Incl. 11.08586 +0.23659680 -0.19555486 P 1.43 H 19.7 G 0.15 U 9 Ep...	Blobrana	2	Jan 4 17:17 2008 by Blobrana
	Comet C/2007 Y2 (McNaught) Comet (Preview) A new magnitude 18.5 comet was discovered by Rob H. McNaught on images taken with the Uppsala 0.5 meter Schmidt telescope of the Siding Spring Survey on December 31, 2007. The comet was confirmed by D. M. Burton (Australian National University, ANU) using the 1 metre Siding Spring reflector. The pre...	Blobrana	0	Jan 3 00:40 2008 by Blobrana
	Comet C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR) Comet (Preview) A magnitude 18.4 object, having the appearance of an asteroid, was discovered on December 16, 2007 by the LINEAR monitoring telescope. The cometary nature was revealed during confirmation observations of the object. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR) indicate...	Blobrana	0	Dec 19 00:56 2007 by Blobrana
	Comet 85P/Boethin Comet (Preview) A comet targeted for a flyby with NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft cannot be found, forcing mission planners to send the probe to a different comet. The comet may have evad...	Blobrana	0	Dec 17 14:36 2007 by Blobrana
	Atlas, Moon moon (Preview) Saturns little moon Atlas orbits (137,640km)between the outer edge of the A ring and the twisted F ring. [url=http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg...	Blobrana	8	Dec 7 12:11 2007 by Blobrana
	COMET P/2006 W4 (Hill) Comet (Preview) COMET P/2006 W4 = P/1993 D1 (HILL) R. E. Hill reported the discovery of the comet in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey (discovery observation below), the object was noted as having a tail about 15" long to the west-northwest. The object was been found to show cometary appearance by other CC...	Blobrana	0	Dec 5 18:48 2007 by Blobrana
	Comet C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) Comet (Preview) A new magnitude 18.2 comet was discovered on November 29, 2007 by the LINEAR monitoring telescope, and confirmed by observers over the following days. The preliminary orbital elements of the comet C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) indicate a perihelion passage on June 02, 2008 at a distance of 1,7 AU from the Sun....	Blobrana	0	Dec 3 21:20 2007 by Blobrana
	Asteroid 2007 VE191 (Preview) The small asteroid 2007 VE191 was discovered USNO Flagstaff on the 19th November has made a close flyby of Earth. The asteroid is now departing the Earth moon system after coming about 5 lunar distances at 04:03 UT 28th November, 2007 Object: 2007VE191 date MJD sigma sigimp dist +/- width...	Blobrana	0	Nov 29 07:38 2007 by Blobrana
	2007 UN12 (Preview) Asteroid (?) 2007 UN12 was discovered at 08:56 UT on 21 Oct. by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS). Closest approach was on Oct. 17.64 2007, at a distance of 0.0004658 AU. MPEC 2007-U84 PL Sentry has posted 2007 UN12 as an impact ri...	Blobrana	1	Nov 28 11:48 2007 by Blobrana
	Asteroid (149244) Kriegh (Preview) Asteroid 149244 Kriegh (2002 RZ240) was discovered in 2002 Sept. 14 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at Palomar. Read more	Blobrana	0	Nov 27 09:15 2007 by Blobrana
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