Discoveries & Observations

                                 

NEO Confirmations

Observations of near-Earth objects confirming their existence and refining the calculations of their orbits.

Main Belt Asteroid Discoveries

Original discoveries of asteroids found in the Main Belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Virtual Impactor Observations  

Observations of near-Earth objects that are shown to have orbits that pose a potential impact hazard with Earth.

NEO Observations

Follow-up observations of known near-Earth objects allowing  further refinements to their orbit calculations.

Object

Students

School

Location

Date

2008 CN1 (Recovery)

Costa, Prando, Kalmus, Ferreira, Lyra, Martins, & Paiva

Unversidade Federal de São Carlos

Brazil

02/01/10

Object

Students

School

Location

Date

2010 AE

T. Morin

Plymouth State University

NH

01/31/10

2004 XD50

Wade & Caldwell

Vernon High School

TX

01/31/10

2010 BG2

A. Liff

Theodore Roosevelt High School

OH

01/31/10

2010 BC3

K. Krafton

Sturgis Charter Public School

MA

01/31/10

2002 AJ129

Nedelchev & Radeva

First Language & Mathematics School

Bulgaria

01/31/10

2010 AJ30

G11 Team A

Zespół Szkól nr 10 w Toruniu

Poland

02/01/10

2009 SX1

V. Lyra

Unversidade Federal de São Carlos

Brazil

02/01/10