Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU <--- ワクワク!! H 30.4 <--- 暗い!! 直前まで見つからない訳だね。 854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson. Observer J. E. McGaha. 0.36-m f/10.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD. <--36cmシュミカセ望遠鏡で発見!
軌道要素、他; 2008 TC3 Earth MOID = 0.0000 AU Epoch 2008 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2454745.5 M 328.47925 (2000.0) P Q n 0.68816741 Peri. 233.95121 +0.37341204 -0.92761256 a 1.2705936 Node 194.13266 +0.86364757 +0.35152619 e 0.2852397 Incl. 2.32815 +0.33863892 +0.12634979 P 1.43 H 30.4 G 0.15 U 5
A small asteroidal object (absolute magnitude H = 30.4, suggesting a few meters in size) discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey (observer R. A. Kowalski) on Oct. 6.28 UT at Delta = 0.0033 AU (about 1.27 the moon's distance from the earth) will enter the earth's atmosphere over northern Sudan (according to S. Chesley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory) around Oct. 7.115, moving east to west. Prior to entering the atmosphere, it may be around visual mag 11. Astrometry, orbital elements, and ephemerides are given on MPECs 2008-T50, 2008-T51, and 2008-T52.