Cometary nature of the NEOCP object RJ22C64 was detected in a course of A79 observations. The latter reveals the presence of diffuse coma nearly 20 arcsec in diameter and tail about 40 arcsec in direction 160 p.a. The first and preliminary orbit for the comet C/2010 J1 (Boattini) indicates perihelion already on Jan. 31, 2010, […]
Entries from June 2010
Cometary features of the RJ22C64 object was detected
June 1, 2010 at 11:11am
Name proposal for 2009 QJ5
June 1, 2010 at 11:08am
We proposed to IAU the 2009 QJ5 (225 238) asteroid, discovered by A79 in August 2009, to be named after Bulgarian national hero Hristo Botev. Below is our proposal, which will be hopefully accepted in a late July:
Hristo Botev (1848–1876) was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary and was one of the most significant figures […]
2007 PN29, 2006 OK14 and 2010 GN33 have been numbered
June 1, 2010 at 11:05am
Three of the discovered by IAU A79 asteroids, 2007 PN29 (236 785), 2006 OK14 (239 203) and 2010 GN33 (241 558), received final designations and have been numbered by MPC during the last 3 batches (March-May). 2010 GN33 were discovered in April 2010 and it is one of the only 80 asteroids discovered and numbered […]