Seven new MB asteroids have been discovered in the course of the A79 observations. The bodies were designed by MPC as 2009 QK32, 2009 QU34, 2009 QL34, 2009 QV33, 2009 QU33, 2009 QS33 and 2009 QT33. According to the current orbital elements three of them are members of the inner zone of the belt, two […]
Entries from August 2009
Discovery of seven MB asteroids
August 30, 2009 at 11:51pm
Cometary nature of NEOCP object 9Q18301 was detected
August 30, 2009 at 10:57pm
Cometary features of the NEOCP object 9Q18301 was detected using a stack of 5 unfiltered exposures, 60 seconds each, obtained on 2009, August 29.1 UT. Even after this short expose time and the low brightness of the body, about 18.5R magnitude, the object reveals the presence of well visible and very diffuse coma nearly 10-12 […]
Discovery of MBA 2009 QJ5 and 2009 QK5
August 23, 2009 at 7:09am
Two new Main Belt Asteroids have been discovered during the A79 observations. According to the initial orbital elements (5 days arc), the bodies are members of the inner and central zone of the MB, respectively. 2009 QJ5 is a brilliant MBA and currently has a brightness of approximately 18.6R magnitude. More details are available in […]
Cometary features of the NEOCP object 9P1083D was detected
August 18, 2009 at 7:59pm
A comet activity of the 9P1083D object was observed and reported to CBAT. According to the preliminary orbit the new comet C/2009 P2 (Boattini), which was discovered on Aug. 15, 2009 in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey, will reach perihelion on July 24, 2010, at about 6.1 AU. This is the 74th comet […]