We are approaching the mid point of the current lunation and the surveys are in full discovery mode. Clear weather in the SW US and Hawaii has helped.
Since the last ‘Recent Discovery’ post 30 new NEAs have been found.
Asteroid Type Mag MOID a e i H Discoverer MPEC 2010 VK Apollo 20 0.179 1.25 0.40 33.5 21.4 Mount Lemmon 2010-V21 2010 VJ Amor 20 0.236 2.51 0.51 8.3 22.4 Mount Lemmon 2010-V20 2010 VH Amor 22 0.066 1.79 0.41 11.4 27.1 Mount Lemmon 2010-V19 2010 VG Amor 21 0.188 1.30 0.11 14.6 23.9 Mount Lemmon 2010-V18 2010 VF Apollo 21 0.016 1.85 0.75 3.7 25.6 Mount Lemmon 2010-V17 2010 VE Apollo 19 0.143 1.54 0.48 9.2 19.8 Catalina 2010-V16 2010 VB Aten 19 0.012 0.92 0.33 5.2 25.3 Spacewatch 2010-V12 2010 UL8 Apollo 22 0.102 1.55 0.35 14.7 24.0 PANSTARRS 2010-V15 2010 UK8 Apollo 19 0.654 2.19 0.70 1.9 20.0 Mount Lemmon 2010-V14 2010 UE8 Amor 21 0.084 1.45 0.27 2.6 25.0 Mount Lemmon 2010-V11 2010 UD8 Amor 19 0.072 1.42 0.26 4.7 24.1 Mount Lemmon 2010-V10 2010 UB8 Amor 20 0.193 3.00 0.63 31.1 19.8 WISE 2010-V08 2010 UZ7 Apollo 21 0.012 2.21 0.64 5.4 24.8 Mount Lemmon 2010-V05 2010 UY7 Aten 19 0.001 0.93 0.13 0.4 28.5 Catalina 2010-V04 2010 UX7 Apollo 19 0.138 1.64 0.38 7.8 20.6 Mount Lemmon 2010-V03 2010 UW7 Amor 20 0.132 2.63 0.58 17.3 24.0 Mount Lemmon 2010-V02 2010 UV7 Amor 20 0.172 1.14 0.60 32.9 22.4 Mount Lemmon 2010-V01 2010 UT7 Apollo 21 0.009 1.62 0.67 25.3 19.5 Mount Lemmon 2010-U71 2010 US7 Apollo 19 0.040 1.90 0.63 54.9 18.8 LINEAR 2010-U70 2010 UR7 Apollo 19 0.006 2.28 0.62 3.5 27.3 Mount Lemmon 2010-U69 2010 UQ7 Apollo 17 0.016 2.40 0.67 4.5 19.9 Catalina 2010-U68 2010 UP7 Apollo 21 0.071 1.45 0.31 10.9 25.7 Mount Lemmon 2010-U66 2010 UO7 Amor 19 0.112 1.88 0.42 1.5 23.7 Catalina 2010-U65 2010 UM7 Apollo 19 0.003 2.78 0.68 4.5 27.6 Mount Lemmon 2010-U63 2010 UL7 Amor 20 0.247 3.04 0.60 22.3 21.6 Mount Lemmon 2010-U62 2010 UJ7 Aten 19 0.001 0.79 0.33 13.0 25.6 LINEAR 2010-U59 2010 UH7 Amor 19 0.248 3.08 0.60 16.4 18.9 Catalina 2010-U57 2010 UG7 Apollo 19 0.023 2.30 0.78 16.2 21.4 Mount Lemmon 2010-U56 2010 UF7 Apollo 20 0.118 2.20 0.57 8.2 19.2 Mount Lemmon 2010-U52 2010 UE7 Apollo 18 0.153 1.83 0.71 9.4 19.1 Siding Spring 2010-U51 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 