News from L87
2023-11-11 xkos369 is a COMET C/2023 V4 (Camarasa-Duszanowicz) MPEC 2023-V192
2023-11-06 The new found object xkos369 is a comet! We did more observations using C14 scope and a tail is clearly visible!
2023-11-05 We found new object> xkos369.. it looks like a comet !
2023-11-02 We found this neocp P21Mp3w from F52, after being lost for 14 days.
2023-10-18 xkos362 = 2023 UT
2023-10-16 Tonight our system C11-A recorded another, new candidate xkos362
2023-09-16 xkos357 = 2023 RE15
2023-09-15 xkos355 = 2023 RJ11
2023-09-15 Tonight our system C11-Z recorded another, new candidate - xkos357
2023-09-14 Tonight our system C11-A recorded another, new candidate xkos355
2023-09-14 xkos353 = 2023 RY7
2023-09-12 Tonight our system recorded another, new NEO candidate -xkos353
2023-08-21 Today we spotted a new candidate (MB?) : xkos348
2023-08-18 New NEO candidate: xkos347
2023-08-12 We catch two new candidates- xkos344 and xkos345
2023-08-10 xkos343 = 2023 NB7
2023-08-09 xkos342 = 2023 PJ
2023-08-08 Tonight our system recorded another, new candidate - xkos343
2023-08-07 Our system recorded new NEO candidate - xkos342
2023-07-15 xkos332 = 2012 YF8 : It turned out to be the recovery of an Apollo type Neo. The last observation of this object was 2013-01-12. MPEC 2023-O23 : 2012 YF8
2023-07-14 Tonight our system recorded another, new NEO candidate - xkos332
2023-06-21 xkos329 = 2023 MP1
2023- 06-20 Tonight our system recorded another, possible MB candidate - xkos329
2023-06-17 xkos327= 2023 MC
2023-06-16 xkos326= 2023 LV1
2023- 06-16 Tonight our system recorded another, new NEO candidate - xkos327
2023-06-14 Tonight our system recorded another, new quite fast NEO candidate - xkos326
2023-05-29 xkos323= 2023 KR3
2023-05-27 xkos322 =2023 KL3
2023-05-27 Tonight our system spotted 2 new candidate NEO/MB - xkos322 and xkos323
2023-05-24 xkos320 = 2023 KJ2 xkos321 = 2023 KN2
2023-05-23 Tonight our system recorded another, new NEO candidate - xkos321
2023-05-23 xkos318 = 2023 KG1
2023-05-22 This night we spotted another new NEO: xkos320
2023-05-21 Tonight our system spotted 2 new NEOs candidate - xkos318 and xkos319
2023-05-09 In our searches we sometimes come across lost objects xkos299= like 2009 HZ40 a Hungarian type asteroid, the last observation was on January 27, 2017, we were able to recover it.
2023-05-01 xkos316 = 2023 HN7
2023-04-29 This night we spotted new NEO: xkos316
2023-04-13 xkos315 = 2023 GX
2023-04-13 Tonight our system spotted new NEO candidate - xkos315
2023-04-13 xkos314 = 2023 GW
2023-04-12 Tonight our system spotted new very fast NEO candidate - xkos314
2023-04-01 xkos308 is now 2023 FV13 - MPEC 2023-G09 : 2023 FV13
2023-03-29 Tonight our system spotted new NEO candidate - xkos308
2023-03-25 xkos306 is now MPEC 2023-F133 : 2023 FU3
2023-03-24 Tonight our system recorded new NEO candidate - xkos306
2023-02-26 xkos298 and xkos299 seems to be known MB asteroids anyway.
We are waiting more information regarding those objects. xkos298 = 2023 BD11
2023-02-25 Tonight we were able to spot two new candidates, one a NEO object and the
other possibly an MB - xkos298 and xkos299
2023-02-21 xkos297 is now 2023 DM -MPEC 2023-D32 : 2023 DM
2023-02-20 Our telescope recorded new NEO candidate - xkos297 this night...
... and xkos294 is now 2023 DD - MPEC 2023-D23 : 2023 DD
2023-02-19 Tonight our system recorded new NEO candidate - xkos294
2023-02-17 xkos293 is now 2023 DB -MPEC 2023-D12 : 2023 DB
2023-02-16 xkos292 is now 2023 CR3 - MPEC 2023-D06 : 2023 CR3
2023-02-16 We have found a new NEO candidate - xkos293 this morning
2023-02-15 We have a new NEO candidate - xkos292
2023-02-13 xkos291is now 2023 CB2 - MPEC 2023-C108 : 2023 CB2
2023-02-12 We have a new NEO candidate - xkos291 - a fast moving object about 83.9m in diameter.
2023-01-15 xkos290 is now 2023 AB1 - MPEC 2023-A66 : 2023 AB1 This object is classified as 100% PHA which means Potential Hazardous Asteroid and it is the first such object spotted in the current year 2023.
2023-01-13 We have a new NEO candidate - xkos290 -
2023-01-02 We have finished the year with 12 discoveries of NEOs, only 6 months since the beginning of this great project to search for Neos and comets, we attach the ranking of NEAS discovered by professional and non-professional observatories, with the beginning of the year 2023 we continue our search and we will see how this list will grow, Happy New Year and clear skies for all. Summary of PHA and NEA Discoveries by Discoverers
2022-12-26 xkos289 is now 2022 YK5 - MPEC 2022-Y180 : 2022 YK5
2022-12-24 We have a new NEO candidate - xkos289 - which we also managed to capture with the second telescope - 0.35m twice the same Christmas Eve night...
2022-12-03 xkos269 is now 2022 WC12 - MPEC 2022-X46 : 2022 WC12
2022-11-29 xkos266 is now 2022 WP8 - MPEC 2022-W249 : 2022 WP8
2022-11-28 xkos266 was spotted again from L87 the next night.. Also today we spotted another NEO candidate - xkos269 which we also managed to capture with the second telescope - 0.35m, short after...
2022-11-26 We have a new NEO candidate - xkos266 - which we also managed to capture with the second telescope - 0.35m just an hour after the first sighting with the 0.28m telescope
2022-11-17 The sighted object of August 16, xkos135, after being on PCCP for three months, was finally classified as a NEO. No cometary activity detected...xkos135 is now 2022 QK204 - MPEC 2022-W34 : 2022 QK204
2022-11-14 xkos258 is now 2022 VC2 - MPEC 2022-V159 : 2022 VC2 and xkos259 is 2022 VA2 - MPEC 2022-V157 : 2022 VA2
2022-11-14 We have spotted another NEO candidate xkos260 in addition quite bright, 17.6 mg.
2022-11-13 NEO xkos258 was observed by us again today... In addition, we saw another candidate moving much faster (also southwards), we were able to quickly observe xkos259 and confirm it again several times during the night.
2022-11-11 We have spotted a new NEO candidate, the xkos258 is moving southwards and was seen first at about RA -30 degrees..
2022-08-27 It became clear that the object xkos136 had been spotted a few days earlier by another observatory: MPEC 2022-Q137 : 2022 QV5
2022-08-25 Object xkos136 just placed in NEOCP, follow-up needed.
2022-08- 21 Our newly spotted object xkos135 maybe a comet of Encke type..
2022-08-19 Orbit animation 2022 NX1 credit: NASA / JPL - Caltech
2022-08-18 How to Become a Mini-moon: Some Hints from 2022 NX1
2022-08-17 Here is the last interesting information posted on the MPML mailing list concerning the object discovered from L87:
Hi all, Just wanted to mention that I can confirm beyond a doubt that 2022 NX1 is natural. It has a nominal AMR of -0.0002 +/- 0.0006 m^2/kg, which makes it far too dense to be anything but solid rock, as even the densest artificial objects typically have AMRs of >0.002 m^2/kg. Despite its 1981 approach, 2022 NX1 is (was) a genuine asteroidal temperary moon of Earth. In particular BTW, its 1981 approach was (without AMR) 616,100 +/- 3,400 km, while with AMR it was 614,600 +/- 5,700 km. Also - to fully constrain its orbit, it will stay brighter than magnitude 25 at an elongation of >100 degrees until March 2023. Plenty of time to do some deep followup and make its orbit extremely well known. After all, it's got the fourth highest impact chance on the Sentry Risk Table right now...
~Sam "