Asteroid Gallery |
2008 TC3 (The
first asteroid to be discovered
before impacting Earth)
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2007 EH (A Very Fast Moving Object!)
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2006 RH120 ( = 6R10DB9) (A second moon for the Earth?)
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2006 CJ (Recovery at 2nd opposition)
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2006 BV39 (Extremely small NEO caught inside the orbit of the
Moon)
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2005 WN3 (Extremely small NEO caught inside the orbit of the
Moon)
![2005 WN3 (Extremely small NEO caught inside the orbit of the Moon)](images/2005WN3-20051125-194015-4-2x2-014_small.JPG)
(Note: Size of image on this page 420k)
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2005 UW5 (Small NEO observed inside the orbit of the
Moon)
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2005 AH & 2005 AJ (Two Main Belt discoveries made in the same
field of view)
![2005AH-AJ_20050104_BIDs.JPG (39594 bytes)](images/2005AH-AJ_20050104_BIDs_small.JPG)
(Note: Size of image on this page 400k)
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2004 OH9, 2004 OJ9, 2004 PN2 and 2004
PO95
(a relay race of minor planet discoveries made at Great Shefford)
![2004OH9-PO95Discovery.JPG (65367 bytes)](images/2004OH9-PO95Discovery_small.JPG)
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2004 OD4 (Small Apollo discovered a day after passing
between Earth and Moon)
![](images/2004OD4_20040719_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG)
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(99942) Apophis = 2004 MN4 (First minor planet to have a Torino
Scale 4 Earth impact prediction)
![2004MN4_20041226_PBirtwhistleCrop.JPG (24604 bytes)](images/2004MN4_20041226_PBirtwhistleCrop_small.JPG)
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2004 MC (Amor caught 12 days before close approach to Earth by
visiting astronomers)
![](images/2004MC_20040616_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG) ![J+CCLacruz20040616.jpg (37085 bytes)](images/JCCLacruz20040616_small.jpg)
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2004 LA10 (First Spacewatch FMO Project discovery by a
UK amateur)
![](images/2004LA10_20040614_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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2004 GC19 (Imaging a fast
moving 20th mag. Apollo in a rich star field with Astrometrica)
![](images/2004GC19_20040425_Verify084a_small.JPG)
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2004 FY31 (Potentially hazardous asteroid passing by
Earth)
![](images/2004FY31_20040408_004615_small.gif)
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2004 FK5 (Amor at perihelion one week before close
approach to Earth)
![](images/2004FK5_20040324_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG) ![](images/AM81167_Uncertainty_20040323_small.GIF)
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2004 ER21 (Aten making close approach)
![](images/2004ER21_20040320_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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2004 EL20 (very small Aten at closest point to Earth,
5.7 lunar distances)
![](images/2004EL20_20040316_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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2004 DA53 (very small Aten after approach to Earth
to within 1.3 lunar distances)
![](images/2004DA53_20040227_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG)
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2004 DN25 (fourth minor planet discovery made at Great
Shefford)
![](images/2004DN25_20040222_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG)
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2004 DF2 (small Apollo rapidly receding from Earth)
![](images/2004DF2_20040220_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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(90482) Orcus = 2004 DW (Large Kuiper belt object)
![](images/2004DW_20040307_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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2004 CZ1 (fast moving small Apollo makes close
approach)
![](images/2004CZ1_20040222_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG)
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2004 CQ (small Amor making close approach to Earth)
![](images/2004CQ_20040210_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG)
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2004 AS1 (When initial predictions go wrong...)
![](images/2004AS1_20040129_PBirtwhistle.JPG)
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2003 YG118 (Potentially hazardous Apollo)
![](images/2003YG118_20040111_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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2003 XH10 (Apollo approaching to within
7 lunar distances)
![](images/2003XH10_20031207_PBirtwhistle_Smal_small.GIF)
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2003 XJ7 (Apollo making very close approach to within
12 Earth diameters)
![](images/2003XJ7_20031206_PBirtwhistle_small.JPG)
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2003 WT153 (small Aten making close approach, possible
space junk?)
![](images/2003WT153_20031129_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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2003 UB313 (the largest object discovered in the Solar system since Neptune in
1846)
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2003 UT55 (small Aten making close approach to Earth)
![2003UT55_20031027_PBirtwhistle.jpg (75482 bytes)](images/2003UT55_20031027_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.jpg)
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2003 TQ3 (third asteroid discovered at Great Shefford)
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2003 SQ222 (extremely small NEO making closest ever
recorded approach to Earth)
![2003SQ222_20030929_StackAll.jpg (21361 bytes)](images/2003SQ222_20030929_StackAll_small.jpg)
(Note: Size of images on this page 504k)
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2003 SM215 (very small NEO making close approach to Earth)
![2003SM215_20030929_PBirtwhistle.jpg (49008 bytes)](images/2003SM215_20030929_PBirtwhistle_small.jpg)
(2 sets of images)
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2003 SR84
![2003SR84_20030925_PBirtwhistle.jpg (7192 bytes)](images/2003SR84_20030925_PBirtwhistle_small.jpg)
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2003 RV10 (second asteroid discovered at Great Shefford)
![2003RV10_20030913_PBirtwhistle.jpg (51796 bytes)](images/2003RV10_20030913_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.jpg)
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2003 RU11 (small Aten making close approach to Earth)
![2003RU11_20030916_PBirtwhistle.jpg (28622 bytes)](images/2003RU11_20030916_PBirtwhistle_small.jpg)
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2003 QB30
![2003 QB30 (small Apollo making close approach to Earth)](images/2003QB30_20030824_PBirtwhistle_small.jpg)
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2003 QC10 & M35
![2003 QC10 passing through M35](images/2003QC10_20030904_Full_PBirtwhistle_small.jpg)
(in the Deep Sky Gallery)
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2003 NL8
(First asteroid discovered at Great Shefford)
![2003NL8 - First asteroid discovered at Great Shefford](images/2003NL8_20030714_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.jpg)
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2003 NZ6
(A personal account of a brief encounter with an
Aten)
![2003NZ6_20030720_PBirtwhistle.jpg (90620 bytes)](images/2003NZ6_20030720_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.jpg)
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2003 LP6
![2003LP6_20030710_PBirtwhistle.jpg (84684 bytes)](images/2003LP6_20030710_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.jpg)
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2002 NY40
![](images/2002NY40_Montage_small.jpg)
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2002 AA29 (Earth co-orbital asteroid)
![](images/2002AA29_20030112_PBirtwhistle_small.jpg)
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2000 EV70
(confirmation of recovery of PHA)
![](images/2000EV70_20040302_PBirtwhistle_vsmall.JPG)
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2000 ED14
(recovery 2003 Feb)
![](images/2000ED14_20030223_PBirtwhistle_small.jpg)
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