Online monitoring of the 7 new asteroids will be held tonight in Bulgarian Observatory A-79 Online monitoring of seven new asteroids will be conducted tonight in Bulgarian mobile Observatory A-79, Dr. Philip Fratev - head of the observatory said for FOCUS News Agency. Online monitoring will be carried out using a 60 cm telescope in the state of New Mexico, U.S. to be able finally to establish orbits of the asteroid.
Bulgarian astronomers discover seven new asteroids A Bulgarian astronomy expedition in Yundola, South Bulgaria, has discovered seven new asteroids, "Stellar Society-A79" observatory reported.
Seven new asteroids have been discovered by a group of Bulgarian astronomers from the Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory. The Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) of the International Astronomical Union at Harvard University in the US have registered the new asteroids and given them temporary names until they are officially named by their discoverers. The asteroids are located in the constellation Capricorn, have diameters of between 0.7 and 1.7 km and pass between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter at periods of 3.9 to 5.7 Earth years.