Discovery of MBA 2009 QJ5 and 2009 QK5

Date Arrow  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 the results section. Two other asteroids have been found but latter linked to known asteroids.

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