Main Belt Asteroid 2011 SO232
Discovery of the Main Belt Asteroid 2011 SO232 by B82 Maidbronn, with confirmation by Josep M. Bosch, B74 Santa Maria de Montmagastrell
The asteroid passed the Earth during the discovery date on September, 30 2011
~22:30 UT in 1.1685 AU distance to Earth (=174,805,000 km = 108,618,000 miles)
The asteroid's Perihelion is on February,14 2012 in 2.593 AU distance to the
Sun. Its period is 4.18 years.
Discovered by B82 Maidbronn on
September, 30 2011;
published as K11SN2O in
M.P.E.C. 2011-T18 Issued 2011 Oct.
3, 06:05 UT
and
M.P.E.C. 2011-T27 Issued 2011 Oct.
5
Minor planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris, JPL Small body database
2011 SO232 © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-09-30 B/W stacked on stars and asteroid
24 x 5 min. exposure,
2011-09-30 UT 21:29 - UT 23:34, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
mag 19.9, velocity: 0.44"/min in PA 250.9
Hover over the galaxies and click for detailed informations: A =
PGC 164484, B= PGC 164476, C = PGC 164474
Hover over the asteroid and click for more informations:
X = 2011 SO232
2011 SO232 © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-09-30 B/W stacked on asteroid
24 x 5 min. exposure,
2011-09-30 UT 21:29 - UT 23:34, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
mag 19.9, velocity: 0.44"/min in PA 250.9
Hover over the asteroid and click for more informations: X = 2011 SO232
2011 SO232 © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-09-30
GIF animation 3 stacked 40 min.exp. = 120 minutes in reality
total basis: 24 x 5 min. exposure,
2011-09-30 UT 21:29 - UT 23:34, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
mag 19.9, velocity: 0.44"/min in PA 250.9
Discovery situation
JAVA orbit here: JPL Small body database
NEODyS Observations and Residuals of B82 Maidbronn
MPC observation computed with Astrometrica:
NET CMC-14
K11SN2O KC2011 09 30.90958 23 05 39.50 -13 25 51.4 19.5 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 09 30.93874 23 05 38.32 -13 25 57.9 19.7 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 09 30.96790 23 05 37.12 -13 26 03.2 19.1 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 01.89484 23 05 01.29 -13 29 05.4 19.4 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 01.91305 23 05 00.57 -13 29 08.2 19.2 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 01.92369 23 05 00.20 -13 29 10.4 19.6 R
B74
K11SN2O KC2011 10 01.92793 23 05 00.03 -13 29 11.2 19.9 R
B74
K11SN2O KC2011 10 01.93126 23 04 59.79 -13 29 11.9 19.4 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 01.94123 23 04 59.50 -13 29 13.3 19.8 R
B74
K11SN2O KC2011 10 02.90033 23 04 23.59 -13 32 08.6 19.4 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 02.92586 23 04 22.61 -13 32 12.9 19.7 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 02.95140 23 04 21.61 -13 32 18.2 20.0 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 03.89409 23 03 47.77 -13 34 56.0 18.7 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 03.92326 23 03 46.70 -13 35 00.4 19.2 R
B82
K11SN2O KC2011 10 03.95242 23 03 45.59 -13 35 05.1 19.2 R
B82
B74 Observatorio Santa Maria de Montmagastrell (Amateur)
B82 Maidbronn (Amateur)
Minor Planet Ephemeris Service: Query Results:
2011 SO232
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Epoch 2011 Sept. 16.0 TT = JDT 2455820.5 MPC M 324.31513 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23603449 Peri. 303.45935 +0.69470248 -0.71592906 T = 2455971.68498 JDT a 2.5930989 Node 102.37226 +0.68131103 +0.62393771 q = 1.9548172 e 0.2461463 Incl. 4.08178 +0.23065936 +0.31328472 Earth MOID = 0.96756 AU P 4.18 H 17.2 G 0.15 From 15 observations 2011 Sept. 30-Oct. 3. Residuals 20110930 *B82 0.3- 0.2+ 20111001 B82 0.5- 0.5+ 20111002 B82 0.1+ 0.3+ 20110930 B82 0.2+ 0.4- 20111001 B74 0.2+ 0.2- 20111002 B82 0.1- 0.6- 20110930 B82 0.3+ 0.2+ 20111001 B74 0.4+ 0.2+ 20111003 B82 0.0- 0.1- 20111001 B82 0.2- 0.0+ 20111001 B82 0.4- 0.1- 20111003 B82 0.3+ 0.1+ 20111001 B74 0.2+ 0.2- 20111002 B82 0.1- 0.1+ 20111003 B82 0.1- 0.1+
Last observed on 2011 Oct. 3. Ephemeris below based on elements from MPEC 2011-T27.
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