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NEAT October 2002 Interesting Objects

In October we have discovered 2 NEAs with NEAT: 2 Amors..



Designat. NEAT name & Image Disc. with NEAT/ Date Vel. (deg/day) Mag. Size in km (miles) Orbit Visual. Comment*
2002 TY57 SUOZAR MSSS 2 Oct 0.2 20 0.5 (0.3) orbit Amor
SV8W73C Palomar 4 Oct 0.7 20
2002 TD58 SV8WT0B Palomar 4 Oct 3.1 19 0.1 (0.06) orbit Amor
2002 TE58 SV8YYVC Palomar 4 Oct 0.5 19 - - Not NEA
SVPVENA Palomar 5 Oct 0.5 19

*Amors, Apollos, and Atens are the three categories of Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Amor asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the outside, Apollo asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, and Aten asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the inside. Potentially Hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are larger than ~200 m (0.1 mile) and approach close enough to present a potential hazard but not a current hazard.

4 posted on 10/06/2002 7:20:50 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
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"In October we have discovered 2 NEAs with NEAT: 2 Amors.."

Are we near a 'swarm'?

6 posted on 10/06/2002 7:29:07 AM PDT by blam
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