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 14 Apr 2025 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.
25/01/2026
2012 RP9
01 38
+16.3
22.3
7
07/01/2022
5
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
5 opps, 2008-2022, MPEC 2022-A85
28/12/2025
2009 AN1
01 41
+07.3
23.5
4
02/03/2022
6
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
6 opps, 2005-2022, MPO 676952
05/02/2026
2016 QP45
02 59
+21.3
23.5
25
15/12/2020
2
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
2 opps, 2016-2020, MPO 782297
03/05/2026
2012 FX1
04 33
+22.1
23.8
46
10/04/2019
3
2
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
3 opps, 2012-2019, MPO 640306
21/02/2026
2015 TN23
06 20
+18.9
24.0
71
24/10/2019
3
1
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
3 opps, 2002-2019, MPO 544622
23/05/2026
2016 VY11
09 34
+17.2
23.3
116
25/02/2025
8
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
8 opps, 2005-2025, MPO 906989
15/05/2026
2008 YT24
09 36
+17.9
23.0
117
25/02/2025
7
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
7 opps, 2004-2025, MPO 906478
05/07/2026
2008 UE99
12 04
-01.1
22.2
157
23/03/2025
8
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
8 opps, 2005-2025, MPEC 2025-FA2
09/06/2025
2008 WH2
17 37
-25.9
22.4
119
13/01/2023
6
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
6 opps, 2008-2023, MPO 732681
22/06/2025
2008 TR156
18 29
-38.4
22.9
107
28/03/2023
7
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
7 opps, 2008-2023, MPO 740145
04/07/2025
2004 PO95
18 52
-46.5
22.2
103
26/08/2004
1
Useful for orbit improvement.
16-day arc, MPO 104306
07/07/2025
2011 SV25
19 22
-23.5
23.8
95
13/11/2022
7
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
7 opps, 2004-2022, MPO 732853
01/09/2025
2020 FD7 = 2012 KD37
21 31
-24.3
23.1
67
02/03/2024
4
2
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
4 opps, 2012-2024, MPEC 2024-E23
23/09/2025
2013 YX35
22 21
-10.8
24.0
51
08/11/2021
6
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
6 opps, 1996-2021, MPO 703671
08/09/2025
2007 EA183
22 35
-12.4
23.7
48
26/03/2023
6
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
6 opps, 2007-2023, MPO 740090
27/09/2025
2007 XT16
22 38
-07.4
23.5
46
05/01/2022
7
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
7 opps, 2007-2022, MPEC 2022-A40
14/09/2025
2017 DH110
22 49
-04.9
24.1
42
17/04/2023
5
1
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
5 opps, 2001-2023, MPO 750185
08/12/2025
2012 XH54
22 54
-03.1
22.7
40
21/02/2022
5
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
5 opps, 2009-2022, MPO 686843
17/10/2025
2012 FW1
23 35
-02.1
24.4
30
18/02/2023
6
0
Useful for orbit improvement.
6 opps, 2008-2023, MPEC 2023-R23
07/11/2025
2015 XV218
00 01
+17.5
23.0
23
14/12/2020
5
1
Useful for orbit improvement.
5 opps, 2010-2020, MPEC 2023-P22
07/12/2025
2005 WU57
00 36
+04.1
21.6
14
12/05/2023
7
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
7 opps, 2005-2023, MPO 750185
06/01/2026
2007 XY17
00 48
+14.0
22.2
11
02/07/2024
6
0
Not necessary for orbit improvement.
6 opps, 2007-2024, MPO 845248
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The summary lists the current J2000.0 coordinates, visual magnitude and
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the date of last observation (where available), forthcoming opposition
data and details on the latest published orbit. The opposition data lists
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has been numbered.
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generated over the time period 1900 to 2040. Objects with unperturbed
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