Discovery of the asteroid 2009 VH42

Date Arrow  November 15, 2009 at 1:16pm  

One new asteroid has been discovered in the course of the A79 observations on 13/11/2009.  The body was designed by MPC as 2009 YH42. Based on only 4 days observations it is early to be calculated a reasonable orbit. According to MPC calculations the asteroid has a period of only 2.7 years and close approaches with Mars. We calculated a different orbit solution with period of about 5 years, i.e. the asteroid presumably is a member of the outer zone of the Main Belt. Meanwhile,the orbit of 2009 UN18 was extended to 53 days arc.

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