The past week saw only a few new asteroid discoveries. Due to bright sky conditions caused by the nearly Full Moon, most of the surveys go on hiatus for a few days. Now that the Moon is well past Full, discoveries are ramping up again.
Asteroid Type Mag MOID a e i H Discoverer MPEC 2010 UC7 Apollo 18 0.004 1.89 0.57 5.2 24.6 Catalina 2010-U48 2010 UB7 Amor 19 0.243 2.46 0.50 11.2 21.9 Catalina 2010-U47 2010 UA7 Amor 20 0.173 2.41 0.51 3.7 23.3 Mount Lemmon 2010-U46 2010 UZ6 Amor 20 0.034 2.54 0.60 6.3 26.4 Mount Lemmon 2010-U45 2010 UY6 Amor 20 0.059 2.70 0.62 20.1 20.3 WISE 2010-U44 2010 UX6 Apollo 18 0.021 2.55 0.61 1.3 23.1 La Sagra 2010-U43 2010 UP Apollo 18 0.017 1.07 0.10 9.3 24.5 LINEAR 2010-U27 2010 UO Apollo 19 0.029 1.41 0.28 5.5 26.2 Mount Lemmon 2010-U26 2010 UM Amor 20 0.203 1.94 0.38 3.9 21.7 Mount Lemmon 2010-U22 2010 TX168 Apollo 19 0.021 1.48 0.52 25.9 19.8 Catalina 2010-U25 Comet Type T q a e i Mag Period MPEC None Type Aten - Earth crossing with semi-major axis (avg distance from Sun) < 1 AU Apollo - Earth crossing with semi-major axis (avg distance from Sun) > 1 AU Amor - non-Earth crossing with perihelion distance < 1.3 AU JFC - Jupiter family comet HFC - Halley family comet LPC - Long-period comet MBC - Main belt comet ECC - Suspected extinct or dormant (or just unrecognized) comet T - Date of Perihelion MOID - Minimum Orbit Intercept Distance, minimum distance between asteroid and Earth's orbit a - semi-major axis, average distance from Sun in AU (1 AU = 93 million miles) e - eccentricity i - inclination H - absolute magnitude Mag - magnitude at discovery Discoverer - survey or person who discovered the object MPEC - Minor Planet Electronic Circular, the discovery announcement
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 