September 2018 In NEO News in Review

The Japanese Space Agency,JAXA,  successfully landed two small robotic rovers on the asteroid Ryugu.

[MINERVA-II1] #asteroidlanding https://t.co/iafav3jguJ pic.twitter.com/GBvfEYcPTV

— HAYABUSA2@JAXA (@haya2e_jaxa) September 21, 2018

As Hayabusa2 descended towards Ryugu to deploy the MINERVA-II1 rovers, the ONC-T camera snapped the highest resolution image yet of the asteroid surface!https://t.co/JDbk29RXHG pic.twitter.com/KFsLet5BMJ

— HAYABUSA2@JAXA (@haya2e_jaxa) September 28, 2018

#asteroidlanding pic.twitter.com/5Vhc7NYJRj

— MASCOT Lander (@MASCOT2018) September 30, 2018

JPL Close Approach Data for September 2018  Distance Nominal <  1  Lunar Distance

Object	Close-Approach (CA) Date	CA Distance Nominal  (LD | au)	CA Distance Minimum   (LD | au)	H (mag)	Estimated Diameter
2018 SM	2018-Sep-15	0.11 | 0.00028	0.11 | 0.00028	29.4	3.5 m -  7.9 m
2018 RZ5	2018-Sep-12	0.13 | 0.00033	0.13 | 0.00033	29.7	3.1 m -  6.9 m
2018 SD2	2018-Sep-25	0.23 | 0.00059	0.23 | 0.00058	28.6	5.0 m -   11 m
2018 RS	2018-Sep-05	0.28 | 0.00071	0.27 | 0.00071	29.5	3.4 m -  7.6 m
2018 RJ3	2018-Sep-07	0.44 | 0.00112	0.43 | 0.00112	27.8	7.2 m -   16 m
2018 RW	2018-Sep-08	0.44 | 0.00114	0.44 | 0.00114	30.3	2.3 m -  5.2 m
2018 RY5	2018-Sep-12	0.47 | 0.00120	0.47 | 0.00120	26.5	13 m -   30 m
2018 RC	2018-Sep-09	0.58 | 0.00150	0.58 | 0.00150	24.9	28 m -   63 m
2018 SC	2018-Sep-18	0.70 | 0.00179	0.70 | 0.00179	27.9	6.9 m -   16 m
2018 RR1	2018-Sep-03	0.94 | 0.00243	0.94 | 0.00242	29.9	2.7 m -  6.1 m
2018 RE2	2018-Sep-06	0.99 | 0.00255	0.99 | 0.00254	28.5	5.4 m -   12 m

Objects removed from JPL's Sentry: Earth Impact Monitoring page.

Object Designation	Removed (UTC)
2018 RB7	9/29/2018 15:26
2018 RJ7	9/22/2018 16:11
2018 RP5	9/16/2018 15:06
2018 RQ1	9/16/2018 15:00
2018 RH3	9/15/2018 16:06
2018 RT3	9/15/2018 16:04
2018 RE5	9/14/2018 15:18
2018 PY7	9/12/2018 15:02
2018 RP	9/09/2018 15:07
2018 MC7	9/07/2018 14:50
2018 RC	9/06/2018 15:04
2018 QJ1	9/03/2018 14:43

Highlights of My Work for September 2018   

A confirmation image of the NEO 2018 RQ1(ZR388AE)
on 2018-09-08 from Siding Spring Observatory, 
Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) 
a stack of 60-30 second luminance BIN2 images 
taken with iTelescope.net's (T31) 
by Steven M. Tilley

An image of the NEO 2018 RQ1
on 2018-09-09 from 
Siding Spring Observatory, 
Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. (MPC Q62) 
a stack of 22-30 second luminance BIN2 images 
taken with iTelescope.net's (T30) 
by Steven M. Tilley

An image of the NEO 2018 RQ1
on 2018-09-10 
from Sierra Remote Observatory, Auberry, California (MPC U69) 
a stack of 14-30 second luminance BIN2 images 
taken with iTelescope.net's (T24) 
By Steven M. Tilley

Object I observed in September 2018 

Designation	Classification	MPC Code	Telescope	Date of  observations	Number of  observations
2046	Main Belt	Q62	T17	9/2/2018	3
61324	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
61324	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
61417	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
61417	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
71460	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
71460	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
73540	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
73540	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
80076	Main Belt	H06	T11	9/14/2018	3
83105	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
84966	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/8/2018	3
128837	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/8/2018	3
157941	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
173394	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
173394	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
197120	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
209101	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
231098	Main Belt	Q62	T17	9/2/2018	3
253061	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
331431	Main Belt	Q62	T31	9/8/2018	3
523788	NEO(Apollo)	Q62	T17	9/30/2018	3
1998 SD9	NEO(Aten)	H06	t11	9/1/2018	3
2018 RB	NEO(Apollo, PHA)	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
2018 RB	NEO(Apollo, PHA)	Q62	T31	9/1/2018	3
2018 RB	NEO(Apollo, PHA)	Q62	T17	9/2/2018	3
2018 RP8	NEO(Aten)	H06	T21	9/17/2018	4
2018 RQ1	NEO(Aten)	Q62	T31	9/8/2018	3
2018 RQ1	NEO(Aten)	Q62	T30	9/9/2018	3
2018 RQ1	NEO(Aten)	H06	T11	9/10/2018	3
2018 RQ1	NEO(Aten)	U69	T24	9/10/2018	3
21P/Giacobini-Zinner	Comet	H06	T11	9/14/2018	3
46P/Wirtanen	Comet	Q62	T17	9/22/2018	4
				Total	101