Monthly Archives: August 2010

A record breaking month for D21, Shenton Park.

The Minor Planet Center’s reports for August reveal a record breaking month for D21, Shenton Park. From July 20 to August 8, we made 348 observations of 78 objects (previous best was 266 back in August 2007). Among the many … Continue reading

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Three more confirmations…

Three quick confirmations before the onset of bad weather. The MPECs for each can be found at 2010PM10, 2010PQ10, and 2010PR10.

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D21 Shenton Park reaches 1000 published NEO observations!

With the published observations of 2010 NR1, Shenton Park Observatory hits its 1000th published Near Earth Object observation. Together with this milestone, D21 also confirmed 2010 PM10 at magnitude 19.7. The MPEC can be found here, and D21’s full listing … Continue reading

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A record breaking night of NEO confirmations

Despite cloud interruptions, automation at D21 allowed the recovery of 7 NEOCP objects, 4 of which appear on special MPECs. The night began with confirmation attempts on 5 new LINEAR targets. D21 achieved two immediate recoveries, reducing the target uncertainties … Continue reading

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2010 PJ & 2010 PO2

Another busy two nights at D21 following up LINEAR and WISE targets sees us join a number of other observatories in confirming several new near Earth objects, including two which appear in special MPECS – 2010 PJ and 2010 PO2.

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D21 Shenton Park recovers the potentially hazardous asteroid – 2002 NE71

With an uncertainty line of some 16 degrees long, Paulo Holvorcem scheduled a of mosaic of 35 overlapping fields at Shenton Park Observatory. The NEO was finally found almost 4 degrees from its nominal position on night two of the … Continue reading

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