Lagniappe Observing: MPC Code Q62

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Sep 8, 2015

Confirmation Images of the Asteroid 2015 RV1 on 2015-09-05

The Near-Earth Object 2015 RV1 (Orbit type: Amor ) was first observed at ISON-SSO Observatory, Siding Spring. (MPC code Q60) by L. Elenin. using a 0.4-m f/2.4 reflector + CCD. on 2015 09 04.44091. The asteroid has an approximate diameter 270 m to 750 m ( Absolute Magnitude: H= 19.722) The asteroid's Earth MOID (Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance) is 0.360167 AU (140.167 Lunar Distances). The last published Observations was made at: 2015 09 07.9515. At the time of this post 62 observations have been made.

Observing Run of 2015 RV1 on 2015-09-05 from Siding Spring, Australia

While 2015 RV1 was on the NEO Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation I was able to obtain 18--- 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) , at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) and did did data reduction on four images.(working around stars)

Astrometrica object verification wind a (5 of 18) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)
by Steven M. Tilley

Astrometrica object verification wind a (9 of 18) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)
by Steven M. Tilley

Astrometrica object verification wind a (13 of 18) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)
by Steven M. Tilley

Astrometrica object verification wind a (17 of 18) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)
by Steven M. Tilley

Incidentals

43298 (2000 GL67)

91472 (1999 RY91)

352195 (2007 RQ249)


Astrometrica object verification wind a (17 of 18) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) by Steven M. Tilley

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Aug 11, 2015

Confirmation Images of the Near-Earth Object 2015 PK9 on 2015-08-10

The Near-Earth Object 2015 PK9 (Orbit type: Apollo ) was first observed at SONEAR Observatory, Oliveira.(MPC code Y00) on 2015 08 10.10036. The asteroid has an approximate diameter 49 m - 110 m ( Absolute Magnitude: H= 23.651). This asteroid made a close-approach to Earth on 2015-08-07 Nominal Distance (AU) : 0.0148213183067307 (5.768 Lunar Distances). The asteroid's Earth MOID (Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance) is 0.013686 AU (5.326 Lunar Distances). The last published Observations was made at: 2015 08 11.54955. At the time of this 122 observations have been made and the orbit has as uncertainty of 6.

Observing Run of 2015 PK9 of 2015-08-10 from Auberry California USA - MPC U69

While 2015 PK9 was on the NEO Confirmation Page in an effort to help in the confirmation I obtain 55-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Taken using iTelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) Auberry California USA - MPC U69 created 5 stacks 10 images.
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Astrometrica object verification wind a stack(1 of 5) of 10-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Taken with iTelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) Auberry California USA - MPC U69

Astrometrica object verification wind a stack(2 of 5) of 10-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Taken with iTelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) Auberry California USA - MPC U69

Astrometrica object verification wind a stack(3 of 5) of 10-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Taken with iTelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) Auberry California USA - MPC U69

Astrometrica object verification wind a stack(4 of 5) of 10-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Taken with iTelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) Auberry California USA - MPC U69


Astrometrica object verification wind a stack(5 of 5) of 10-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Taken withiTelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) Auberry California USA - MPC U69

Observing Run of 2015 PK9 of 2015-08-10 from Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

I was obtain 22-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Taken using iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) , at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) and did did data reduction on four images.

Astrometrica object verification wind a (1 of 22) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification wind a (7 of 22) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification wind a (14 of 22) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on iTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification wind a (22 of 22) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images oniTelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

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The Discovery M.P.E.C.: MPEC 2015-P28 : 2015 PK9
(MPC) Observations of 2015 PK9
JPL Orbit Diagram 2015 PK9
Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site--2015 PK9
NEO Earth Close Approaches (JPL)
The Tracking News
NEO Coordination Centre

Aug 1, 2015

The Near-Earth Object (436724) 2011 UW158 on 2015-08-01

Background

(as of 2015-08-01)

Object: (436724) 2011 UW158
Approximate Diameter: 330 m - 750 m (1082.68 feet to 2460.63 feet)( Absolute Magnitude: H= 19.5 )
Orbit Type: Amor [PHA] (JPL listed it as an Apollo, MPC list as an Amor)
On the Sentry Risk Table: NO ( Removed 2011-11-17 08:50 UTC )
On the NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page: NO
First Observed on: 2011-10-25.41860
First Observed By: Pan-STARRS 1 (MPC Code F51) (The Discovery M.P.E.C.: MPEC 2011-U90 : 2011 UW158 )
Last Observed: 2015 07 31.351484
Data-Arc Span: 1375 days (3.70 yr)
Number Oppositions : 5
Number of Observations Made: 476
Last Close-Approach: Passed the Earth on 2015-Jul-19 at a Nominal Distance of 0.0164401018231079 (AU), (6.398 Lunar Distance (LD)) or 1,528,202.937 miles (2,459,404.227 KM)
Next Close-Approach: Will safely pass Earth on 2017-Sep-09 at Nominal Distance of 0.335683627661117 (AU) ( 130.638 (LD)) or 31,203,742.596 miles( 50,217,555.924 KM)
Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS): YES
Was it on the Goldstone Asteroid Schedule: YES, Dates: 2015 July 13-26 ( Needs Astrometry: Yes Physical Observations: Yes)
Was it on the Arecibo Asteroid Schedule: YES, Dates: 2015 July 12-17 (Request Optical Astrometry: No, Request Optical Lightcurve:Yes, Request Optical Characterization Yes) and 2015 August 29(Request Optical Astrometry: No, Request Optical Lightcurve:No, Request Optical Characterization No)

Observing Run of (436724) 2011 UW158 on 2015-01-01

On 2015-08-01 I was able to obtain 17-15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) at Sierra Remote Observatory, Auberry California USA - MPC U69 and created 3 stacks of 5 images

Astrometrica object verification window stack (1 of 3) of 5 - 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images
taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) at
Sierra Remote Observatory, Auberry California USA(MPC U69).

Astrometrica object verification window stack (2 of 3) of 5 - 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images
taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) at
Sierra Remote Observatory, Auberry California USA(MPC U69).

Astrometrica object verification window stack (3 of 3) of 5 - 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images

taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T24 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph + CCD) at

Sierra Remote Observatory, Auberry California USA(MPC U69).

Jul 10, 2015

The Near-Earth Object (436724) 2011 UW158 on 2015-07-09

Background

(as of 2015-07-09)

Object: (436724) 2011 UW158
Approximate Diameter: 330 m - 750 m (1082.68 feet to 2460.63 feet)( Absolute Magnitude: H= 19.5 )
Orbit Type: Amor [PHA] (JPL listed it as an Apollo, MPC list as an Amor)
On the Sentry Risk Table: NO ( Removed 2011-11-17 08:50 UTC )
On the NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page: NO
First Observed on: 2011-10-25.41860
First Observed By: Pan-STARRS 1 (MPC Code F51) (The Discovery M.P.E.C.: MPEC 2011-U90 : 2011 UW158 )
Last Observed: 2015-07-09.18879
Data-Arc Span: 1353 days (3.70 yr)
Number Oppositions : 4
Number of Observations Made: 213
Next Close-Approach: will safely pass Earth on 2015-Jul-19 at a Nominal Distance of 0.016440038277755 (AU), (6.398 Lunar Distance (LD)) or 1,528,197.03 miles (2,459,394.72 KM)
Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS): YES
On the Goldstone Asteroid Schedule: YES, Dates: 2015 July 13-26 ( Needs Astrometry: Yes Physical Observations: Yes)
On the Arecibo Asteroid Schedule: YES, Dates: 2015 July 12-17 (Request Optical Astrometry: No, Request Optical Lightcurve:Yes, Request Optical Characterization Yes) and 2015 August 29(Request Optical Astrometry: No, Request Optical Lightcurve:No, Request Optical Characterization No)

Observing Run of (436724) 2011 UW158 on 2015-07-01

On 2015-07-01 I ran a series of 60 -- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's (TEL T31

0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) and did data reduction on four images.

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 1 of 60) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T31 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 18 of 60) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T31 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 36 of 60) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T31 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 56 of 60) 15 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T31 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) --after this image clouds moved in.

Video Data: The Near-Earth Object (436724) 2011 UW158 on 2015-07-09 From from Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) 56 -- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images using iTelescope.net's (Telescope T31) from 2015-07-09 10:26 UTC to 10:58 UTC

Jul 3, 2015

The Near-Earth Object 164202 (2004 EW) on 2015-07-03

Background

(as of 2015-07-03)

Object: 164202 (2004 EW)
Approximate Diameter: 180 m - 410 m (590.551 feet to 1345.1444 feet)( Absolute Magnitude: H= 20.8 )
Orbit Type: Aten [PHA]
On the Sentry Risk Table: NO (It has never been listed )
On the NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page: NO
First Observed on: 2004-03-13
First Observed By: Catalina Sky Survey (MPC Code 703) (The Discovery M.P.E.C.: MPEC 2004-E43 : 2004 EW )
Last Observed: 2015-06-04
Data-Arc Span: 4100 days (11.225 yr)
Number Oppositions : 9
Number of Observations Made: 420
Next Close-Approach: 2015-Jul-11, Nominal Distance (AU): 0.070509754803974, (27.44 Lunar Distance (LD)) or 6,554,291.178 miles (10,548,109.182 KM)
Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS): YES
On the Goldstone Asteroid Schedule: NO
On the Arecibo Asteroid Schedule: NO

Observing Run of 164202 (2004 EW) on 2015-07-03

On 2015-07-02 I ran two series of 45 -- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) and created 6 stacks of 15 images.

Astrometrica object verification window stack (1of 6) of 15- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window stack (2of 6) of 15- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window stack (3 of 6) of 15- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window stack (4 of 6) of 15- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window stack (5 of 6) of 15- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window stack (6 of 6) of 15- 15 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T32 0.43-m f/6.8 astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Jul 2, 2015

Near-Earth Object (436724) 2011 UW158 on 2015-07-01 --- and (32259) 2000 OT53 .... as a little lagniappe

Background

(as of 2015-07-01)

Object: (436724) 2011 UW158
Approximate Diameter: 330 m - 750 m (1082.68 feet to 2460.63 feet)( Absolute Magnitude: H= 19.5 )
Orbit Type: Amor [PHA] (JPL listed it as an Apollo, MPC list as an Amor)
On the Sentry Risk Table: NO ( Removed 2011-11-17 08:50 UTC )
On the NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page: NO
First Observed on: 2011-10-25
First Observed By: Pan-STARRS 1 (MPC Code F51) (The Discovery M.P.E.C.: MPEC 2011-U90 : 2011 UW158 )
Last Observed: 2015-06-29
Data-Arc Span: 1343 days (3.68 yr)
Number Oppositions : 4
Number of Observations Made: 188
Next Close-Approach: 2015-Jul-19, Nominal Distance (AU): 0.0164400368561532, (6.398 Lunar Distance (LD)) or 1,528,196.897 miles (2,459,394.508 KM)
Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS): YES
On the Goldstone Asteroid Schedule: YES, Dates: 2015 July 13-26 ( Needs Astrometry: Yes Physical Observations: Yes)
On the Arecibo Asteroid Schedule: YES, Dates: 2015 July 12-17 (Request Optical Astrometry: No, Request Optical Lightcurve:Yes, Request Optical Characterization Yes) and 2015 August 29(Request Optical Astrometry: No, Request Optical Lightcurve:No, Request Optical Characterization No)

Observing Run of (436724) 2011 UW158 on 2015-07-01

On 2015-07-01 I ran a series of 30 -- 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) and did data reduction on four images.

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 1 of 30) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 7 of 30) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 14 of 30) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 20 of 30) 60 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T27 0.70-m f/6.6 CDK astrograph + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

The main-belt asteroid (32259) 2000 OT53 was also in FOV ( 27.1 x 27.1 arc-mins) of and within limiting magnitude of the Fits.

Background

(as of 2015-07-01)

Object: (32259) 2000 OT53
Alternate Designations : 2000 OT53 = 1988 NV = 1999 NH13 ( as more observations are made and the "known" orbit improves and the orbit maybe link to the orbit another provisional designation which turns out to be same object.)
Approximate Diameter: 11 km - 24 km (6.83508 miles to14.9129 miles)( Absolute Magnitude: H= 12.0 )
Orbit Type: Main-belt Asteroid
First Observed on: 1988-07-12
Last Observed(publish): 2015-06-12
Data-Arc Span: 9812 days (26.864 yr)
Number Oppositions : 15
Number of Observations Made(publish): 885

Jun 22, 2015

Near-Earth Object 2015 JY1 on 2015-06-21

Background

(as of 2015-06-21)

Provisional Designation: 2015 JY1
Number: Unnumber

Approximate Diameter: 190 m to 430 m ( 623.36 feet to 1410.76 feet), Absolute Magnitude: H= 20.7
Orbit Type: Amor [PHA]

On the Sentry Risk Table: NO (2015 JY1 has never been listed on the Sentry Risk Table)

On the NEODyS CLOMON2 risk page: NO

First Observed on: 2015-05-14

First Observed By: Pan-STARRS 1 (MPC Code F51) (The Discovery M.P.E.C.: MPEC 2015-K03 : 2015 JY1)

Last Observed: 2015-06-19

Data-Arc Span: days 36

Number Oppositions : 1

Number of Observations Made: 110

Next Close-Approach: 2015-July-07, JPL Nominal Distance: 0.0624074947084994 AU , (24.287 Lunar Distance (LD)) or 5,801,139.05 miles ( 9,336,028.324 KM)
Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS): NO

On the Goldstone Asteroid Schedule: , NO

On the Arecibo Asteroid Schedule: NO

Observing Run of 2015 JY1 on 2015-06-21

On 2015-06-21 I ran a series of 60 -- 30 Second Luminance BIN2 Images on itelescope.net's (TEL T9 0.32-m f/9.3 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD + f/7.4 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) and did data reduction on four images.

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 1 of 60) 30 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T09 0.32-m f/9.3 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD + f/7.4 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 20 of 60) 30 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T09 0.32-m f/9.3 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD + f/7.4 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

Astrometrica object verification window ( for image 40 of 60) 30 Second Luminance BIN2 image taken with itelescope.net's (TEL T09 0.32-m f/9.3 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD + f/7.4 focal reducer) at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62)

NOTE: A digital artifact appeared in two images (59 and 60) "near" 2015 JY1 however the "digital artifact" was within a pixel of have the SAME Pixel Coordinate (x/y) in the two images -- I dither the images so this should ruled out-- it being anything in orbit.

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