Asteroids – Page 2 – British Astronomical Association

Section History

1982 – 2005 Director, Dr Andrew Hollis Coordinated observations of the asteroids and remote planets during this period represented new

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

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,

Contact the Asteroid Section

Asteroids & Remote Planets

Section Officers Director: Dr Richard Miles Assistant Director (Exoplanets Division): Roger Dymock Assistant Director (Occultations): Tim Haymes Assistant

Asteroid with shortest orbital period discovered Jan 3

2019 AQ3 – The fastest orbiting asteroid

Occultations

(Last updated: 2019 February 07) Introduction Information on observing occultations can be found on the Introduction and Circulars pages on

Timing

Last update 2019 March 20Introduction Accurate timing of observations is an absolute necessity. In FITS format the time from the

News archive

Last updated 2014April 16 NEWS ARCHIVE (Please be aware that some of the links on this page may no longer

Updates

Last updated 2013 March 15 UPDATES : Please note that minor updates eg; additions to ‘Books’ and ‘Meetings’, are not