During A79 search for MBA, three new asteroids were discovered: 2007 PQ28, 2007 PN29 and 2007 QD2 (see results).
Entries from August 2007
16.08-22.08.2007 Discovery of 3 main belt asteroids: 2007 PQ28, 2007 PN 29 and 2007 QD2
August 26, 2007 at 8:54pm
16.08.2007 Rediscovery of the Mars-crosser 2007 OB2
August 26, 2007 at 8:05pm
On 16/08/2007 we tried to recover the comet P/1998 VS24 LINEAR, but found a new brilliant object (17.9m). The body was independently observed by Giovanni Sostero during the same night. The asteroid had a motion in the opposite direction to the surrounded objects and the possibility to be a new NEA was small (about 13%). […]
22.07-03.08.2007 Early observations of the comets 136P and 108P
August 26, 2007 at 6:16pm
The comets 136P and 108P were recovered by Giovanni Sostero team (Remanzacco observatory-MPC code 473) and independently confirmed by us few days later (see MPEC 2007-P07 and 2007-O49). F. Fratev and V. Radeva performed a photometry in R band of 108P with help of 50/70 Schmidt telescope at NAO “Rhozen” (MPC 071). This is the […]