News - December 2007
2007 December 18
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New Discovery!:
An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Dec. 16, 2007, in the course of the
LINEAR survey has been found to be cometary
after posting on the NEO Confirmation Page by K. Sarneczky (Konkoly Observatory), E. Guido and
G. Sostero (remotely near Mayhill) and J. G. Ries (McDonald Observatory). The 18m
comet C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion according to the first and preliminary
orbit on Mar. 10, 2008, at about 3.4 AU. This is the 182nd comet for LINEAR.
(IAUC 8904, subscription required,
MPEC 2007-Y22)
2007 December 05
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S. Foglia, R. Matson, and M. Tombelli report their precovery of comet P/2006 W4 (Hill),
based on the orbital elements published on MPEC 2007-X14, on images taken at Siding Spring
on Feb. 26, and Apr. 5, 1993. The correction to the elements in the above mentioned MPEC
is Delta(T) = +1.06 days. The 1993 apparition received the designation P/1993 D1.
(IAUC 8902, subscription required)
2007 December 03
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New Discovery!:
An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Nov. 29, 2007, in the course of the
LINEAR survey has been found to be cometary
after posting on the NEO Confirmation Page by R. Holmes (Charleston), Q.-z. Ye (Lulin Sky
Survey), J. Young (Table Mountain) and E. Guido and G. Sostero (remotely from near Mayhill).
The 18.5m comet C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion according to the
first and preliminary orbit on Jun. 02, 2008, at about 1.8 AU. This is the 181st
comet for LINEAR.
(IAUC 8901, subscription required,
MPEC 2007-X13)