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SPACEWATCH® Observes Main-Belt Comet C/2010 A2 (LINEAR)

Jan. 8, 2010
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SPACEWATCH® discovery of 1997 XF11

As stated in the Minor Planet Center Press Release, this Apollo (discovered by Jim Scotti on 1997 December 6) will make a close approach to the Earth on October 26, 2028.

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SPACEWATCH® discovery of 1998 KY26

The asteroid 1998 KY26 was discovered by Tom Gehrels on the night of May 28, 1998 (UT) during a routine scanning session. Although appearing as a small dot on the screen like any other asteroid, this near-Earth asteroid has some interesting properties.

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SPACEWATCH® discovery of 2000 BF19

The asteroid 2000 BF19 was discovered by Spacewatch observer Jim Scotti on the night of January 28, 2000.  Observations made the next few nights generated an orbit that predicted a pass near the Earth again in the year 2011.

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SPACEWATCH® Recovery of Long-Lost Asteroid (719) Albert

Rediscovery images of (719) Albert on 2000 May 1, by Spacewatch observer Jeff Larsen. The asteroid can be seen moving slowly to the upper-right near the center of each frame. Images were taken approximately 8 minutes apart, beginning around 4:47 UT.

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S/1999 J 1

The Minor Planet Center Press Release announces the discovery of a new outer Jovian Satellite called S/1999 J1.

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SPACEWATCH® Discovery of Minor Planet 2000 WR106

During routine scanning with the Spacewatch 0.9-meter telescope on 2000 November 28, observer R. S. McMillan was manually blinking the displayed scans in real time and noticed this relatively slow-moving object. Its rate of motion was too slow for the real-time software to detect; normally the slower objects such as this one are found with another program that processes the data off-line.

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SPACEWATCH® Detects the WIND spacecraft

The object designated 2001 DO47 was discovered on 2001 Feb. 19 by R. S. McMillan with the 0.9-meter Spacewatch Telescope. It was detected as a trailed image because it was moving fast.

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