Ephemerides and observability details for
unnumbered Great Shefford
Observatory Minor Planet potential discoveries
This page links directly to the Minor Planet Center's Ephemeris Service to
provide up to date positions of all the objects listed below, to aid observers
in getting astrometric positions. These are unnumbered objects that have been
given provisional designations following observations from Great Shefford.
Some of these objects may eventually be attributed as discoveries from
Great Shefford, see
Possible
candidates for discovery credit (new rules).
See also the Discovery Circumstances
page of all numbered and unnumbered objects found from Great Shefford.
Other observers also have their own follow-up pages, check out
this list
of links.
Objects are listed in order of increasing distance east of
the Sun (i.e. from evening sky objects through to morning objects) and
currently observable objects (near opposition) will generally be found near the middle of
the listing.
Information compiled 11 May 2022 from MPC MPES
Ephemeris Summary and 1-line orbital elements. Opposition dates, RA,
Decl., Magnitudes and Elongations are approximate.
Rows in
Green denote objects in need of observation, with elongations of 90° or more and mag +21.5 or brighter and observed within the last month
and useful for orbit improvement or numbering.
Rows in
Red denote objects in need of observation, with elongations of 90° or more and mag +21.5 or brighter but
not observed within the last month and useful for orbit improvement or
numbering.
02/02/2023
2012 FW1
03 15
+16.7
23.6
1
18/04/2012
1
Useful for numbering.
51-day arc, MPO 230289
27/01/2023
2009 TQ2
05 03
+30.3
22.0
28
23/03/2022
10
0
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Useful for numbering.
10 opps, 2002-2022, MPO 686507
23/02/2023
2007 EA183
05 06
+21.5
23.0
27
29/07/2019
5
0
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Useful for numbering.
5 opps, 2007-2019, MPO 477579
17/03/2023
2013 YX35
05 30
+24.0
23.6
33
08/11/2021
6
0
Useful for numbering.
6 opps, 1996-2021, MPEC 2022-J17
18/04/2023
2009 AO1
05 53
+27.8
22.6
38
04/01/2022
7
0
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Useful for numbering.
7 opps, 2009-2022, MPEC 2022-A23
27/03/2023
2010 TO5
06 07
+22.8
22.9
41
31/01/2022
10
0
Useful for numbering.
10 opps, 2003-2022, MPO 686597
07/02/2023
2004 PO95
06 30
+34.7
24.5
47
26/08/2004
1
Useful for numbering.
16-day arc, MPO 104306
22/03/2023
2009 AJ2
06 32
+20.8
22.5
47
27/12/2021
9
0
Useful for numbering.
9 opps, 2008-2021, MPEC 2021-Y59
14/03/2023
2007 XT16
06 46
+22.8
23.8
50
05/01/2022
7
0
Useful for numbering.
7 opps, 2007-2022, MPEC 2022-A40
17/04/2023
2017 DH110
06 55
+16.0
22.9
53
27/02/2017
4
1
Not necessary for numbering.
4 opps, 2001-2017, MPO 492159
06/03/2023
2008 TR156
07 05
+32.1
22.9
54
01/12/2021
6
0
Useful for numbering.
6 opps, 2008-2021, MPEC 2021-XM3
31/03/2023
2011 SP232
07 20
+27.3
22.5
57
04/01/2022
13
0
Useful for numbering.
13 opps, 1995-2022, MPEC 2022-A23
06/08/2023
2012 FX1
08 04
+25.4
23.1
67
10/04/2019
3
2
Useful for numbering.
3 opps, 2012-2019, MPO 640306
16/04/2023
2007 RA12
08 12
+17.3
23.8
71
06/01/2022
9
0
Useful for numbering.
9 opps, 1994-2022, MPEC 2022-A65
08/04/2023
2012 XH54
08 54
+11.9
23.7
82
21/02/2022
5
0
Useful for numbering.
5 opps, 2009-2022, MPO 686843
04/04/2023
2012 RP9
08 56
+24.3
24.1
79
07/01/2022
5
0
Useful for numbering.
5 opps, 2008-2022, MPEC 2022-A85
22/05/2023
2009 VJ42
09 01
+02.3
23.2
87
09/02/2022
6
0
Useful for numbering.
6 opps, 2009-2022, MPO 686519
29/04/2023
2008 TG9
09 12
+06.1
22.3
88
10/02/2022
10
0
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Useful for numbering.
10 opps, 2003-2022, MPO 686413
04/05/2023
2015 XV218
09 15
-08.8
23.1
93
09/12/2015
1
Useful for numbering.
5-day arc, MPO 392478
30/03/2023
2016 QP45
09 21
+19.0
25.2
86
15/12/2020
2
0
Not necessary for numbering.
2 opps, 2016-2020, MPO 599984
20/06/2023
2009 AN1
09 50
+16.3
22.8
94
02/03/2022
6
0
Useful for numbering.
6 opps, 2005-2022, MPO 676952
24/05/2023
2012 XL2
10 00
+14.3
23.0
96
10/03/2022
11
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement. Useful for numbering.
11 opps, 1995-2022, MPO 686840
08/05/2023
2007 XY17
10 03
-03.5
23.1
103
27/03/2022
5
0
Useful for numbering.
5 opps, 2007-2022, MPEC 2022-FB2
24/04/2023
2005 WU57
10 07
+09.1
22.9
100
05/03/2022
6
0
Useful for numbering.
6 opps, 2005-2022, MPO 686204
15/06/2023
2015 TN23
10 32
-05.2
23.6
111
24/10/2019
3
1
Not necessary for numbering.
3 opps, 2002-2019, MPO 544622
14/08/2023
2016 VY11
14 14
-10.3
22.6
164
18/11/2016
1
6
Not necessary for numbering.
23-day arc, MPEC 2020-HD8
17/09/2023
2008 YT24
14 15
-15.8
22.1
166
09/05/2022
5
0
Not necessary this month for numbering.
5 opps, 2004-2022, MPEC 2022-J80
31/05/2022
2005 EE1
16 49
-41.2
22.0
149
08/04/2005
1
6
Not necessary for numbering.
37-day arc, MPEC 2020-M39
15/06/2022
2008 UE99
17 58
-23.4
22.9
141
31/01/2017
5
1
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Useful for numbering.
5 opps, 2005-2017, MPO 409349
10/07/2022
2007 YL2
19 38
-25.1
22.5
118
14/04/2021
6
1
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Useful for numbering.
6 opps, 2003-2021, MPO 623526
14/07/2022
2017 RB18
19 54
-16.2
21.7
113
17/04/2021
6
0
Useful for numbering.
6 opps, 2011-2021, MPO 624109
12/10/2022
2011 SV25
23 20
-04.2
23.5
61
22/03/2020
6
0
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Not necessary for numbering.
6 opps, 2004-2020, MPO 543714
04/11/2022
2012 CJ2
00 13
00.0
23.2
48
16/03/2020
7
0
Useful for numbering.
7 opps, 2003-2020, MPO 543797
04/11/2022
2009 CL6 = 2011 UK42
00 28
00.0
22.9
44
24/03/2020
9
0
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Not necessary for numbering.
9 opps, 2007-2020, MPO 543738
04/01/2023
2008 WH2
02 07
+20.1
21.6
16
02/08/2021
5
0
Useful for orbit improvement (based on orbit uncertainty). Useful for numbering.
5 opps, 2008-2021, MPO 640108
29/11/2022
2020 FD7
02 30
+08.2
23.9
14
18/04/2020
1
5
Not necessary for numbering.
24-day arc, MPEC 2020-HD8
22/12/2022
2009 HW58 = 2017 QA19
02 49
+17.8
23.2
6
04/10/2021
8
0
Useful for numbering.
8 opps, 2005-2021, MPEC 2022-H14
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