INCOMING!, Detection and observation of Earth-approaching asteroids. |
INCOMING!, Detection and observation of Earth-approaching asteroids. |
Oct 6 2008, 07:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
no sone seems to have noticed this yet
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Nov 12 2009, 01:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
Sorry, but we will probably never be seeing it again, ever. It was poorly observed near closest approach. Unless someone has observations they have not yet turned in (a possiblility), then we're stuck with an orbit with large error margins. It is too close now to the sun to be observed, and will be too faint to see (25th magnitude) when it is back in view. And its sky location is already uncertain by a degree.
There is a 4% chance it will come within 0.2 AU of earth in 2026, and 3% in 2030. It will have to get a lot closer than that, and in the right part of the sky, to be bright enough for a survey to stumble on it again. That's even if PanSTARRS is up and running. 2009 VA is a tiny object. |
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