Close approaching asteroid (7482) on January 18-19
This 1-km object is due to approach the Earth to within about FIVE times the distance of the Moon attaining
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Archives
Contact the Asteroids and Remote Planets Section
Please use the form below to contact the Section Director. If you wish to submit your observations to the section,
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Asteroids & Remote Planets
Section Officers Director: Dr Richard Miles Assistant Director (Astrometry): Peter Birtwhistle Assistant Director (Exoplanets Division): Roger Dymock Assistant Director (Occultations):
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ARPS Observing Campaigns for 2020-21
Target Asteroids
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Asteroid with shortest orbital period discovered Jan 3
2019 AQ3 – The fastest orbiting asteroid
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Occultations
(Last updated: 2019 February 07) Introduction Information on observing occultations can be found on the Introduction and Circulars pages on
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News archive
Last updated 2014April 16 NEWS ARCHIVE (Please be aware that some of the links on this page may no longer
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