2010 HQ20, Mars crosser
The
object was
discovered
at April,
23 2010
on
OAM Observatory La
Sagra J75 and posted to the
NEO Confirmation Page
Meanwhile the designation of the object is 2010 HQ20
Minor planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris, JPL Small body database
In the morning
hours of April, 25 2010 I took 20 HiRes images of the object to check my
observation of the day before.
At least Tim Spahr of the MPC told me, even bigger telescopes couldn't confirm
the observation.
The object is determined to be a normal Minor Planet.
04NB001 � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-04-25 B/W
20 x 2 min. exposure,
2010-04-25 UT 01:34, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME HiRes
17.45 mag, FWHM of the object: 2.4
The object is starlike with a short tail of 5" in PA78.5.
04NB001 � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-04-24 B/W
8 x 2 min. exposure,
2010-04-24 UT 00:13, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
17.45 mag, coma: 7", tail: 5" in PA78.5