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Bright Recovery Opportunities

This list contains a listing of past one-opposition objects that may now be recoverable. Objects are listed here if they satisfy the following criteria:
  • not seen in more than 180 days,
  • solar elongation greater than 60°,
  • visual magnitude, V brighter than 21.0,
at one of the following times:
  • now (the time this page was prepared),
  • now + 7 days,
  • now + 30 days.
There are no other selection criteria. Objects will be listed no matter what the uncertainty, as long as they meet the specified criteria above.

A list of faint recovery opportunities is also available.

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The lists below allow easy access to MPES ephemerides of objects listed herein. Use the checkboxes on the left-hand side to select the objects that you want to observe. Select your observing options from the bottom of the page and then select `Get ephemerides'. In the lists, the data given under `Currently' is as follows: current R.A. in decimal hours; current Decl. in decimal degrees; current V magnitude (followed by `^' if the object is brightening, `_' if fading or ` ' if not changing); current elongation; and current motion in deg/day. `Current' refers to the time this page was last updated. Also available are the same data for the Current + 7, 30 and 60 days.

When uncertainty information is provided, it can be displayed in either graphical or textual form. When the textual form is used, the basic variant positions (as determined from individual orbit computations and displayed in the graphical form) are given without comment. Interpolated positions, given only when it is necessary to ensure that there is no more than 12' between successive values in the listing, are marked with an asterisk.

Recovery of any of these objects requires observations on two nights.

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This document was last updated on 2009 Nov. 23.52 UT

    Designation                          Currently              Last obs.  Code   Mag.   U  Arc      Currently + 7d           Currently + 30d          Currently + 60 d
                                    R.A./Dec/  V /El./Motn                                       R.A./Dec/  V /El./Motn   R.A./Dec/  V /El./Motn   R.A./Dec/  V /El./Motn
         2009 AM15           Ate  11.9/-14/21.4^/058/00.77  2009 Apr.  4  H55  20.1 V  5   87  12.3/-15/21.3/060/00.81  13.7/-18/20.9/061/01.09  16.7/-16/20.4/051/01.75
         2008 YZ32           Apo  16.5/-40/24.8_/020/00.55  2009 Feb. 20  H55  21.6 V  6   51  16.3/-43/25.1/022/00.62  11.2/-63/18.0/075/08.02  05.3/+30/19.7/138/00.29
         2008 XM             PHA  09.3/+10/22.7^/103/00.27  2009 Jan. 16  291          6   45  09.4/+09/22.3/108/00.26  09.6/+03/20.6/126/00.39  23.3/-52/20.2/048/07.43
         2008 UL90           PHA  19.7/-59/19.7^/055/01.73  2009 Jan.  3  J95  19.8 R  5   69  21.0/-53/19.4/060/01.97  23.4/-15/18.9/074/01.80  00.4/+19/19.5/072/00.80
         2007 YV56           PHA  14.7/-26/27.0^/018/01.70  2008 Feb. 12  291  21.9 V  5   43  13.8/-20/23.5/036/01.86  11.7/+04/20.5/098/01.60  09.3/+25/20.2/165/00.94
         2007 WV3            Apo  20.2/-04/21.2^/065/01.27  2008 Feb. 14  H55  21.4 V  4   88  20.9/-02/21.1/067/01.38  23.2/+04/20.9/078/01.61  02.1/+10/21.3/090/01.21
         2007 EB26           Ate  12.3/+06/21.2^/059/00.34  2007 Mar. 15  104  21.3 V  9    6  12.5/+06/21.1/064/00.42  13.4/+07/20.7/075/00.83  16.8/+04/20.5/057/02.97
         2006 WQ127          Apo  06.6/-17/20.0^/125/02.71  2006 Nov. 27  854  18.8 R  8    2  10.5/-27/19.6/079/16.70  16.8/+02/26.3/032/00.44  17.7/-06/25.0/040/00.74
         2006 UB64           Apo  22.6/-45/20.9_/082/01.25  2006 Nov.  7  F84  19.7 V  8   16  21.7/-47/21.2/067/01.45  18.0/-37/28.5/014/01.80  17.2/-17/22.3/044/00.46
         2005 RA             Apo  17.5/+08/24.2^/037/02.21  2005 Sept.14  J95  19.8 R  5   13  16.4/+19/23.3/041/03.44  11.0/+32/20.1/116/01.83  08.8/+24/20.9/172/00.51
         2005 JQ81           Apo  18.2/-20/22.2_/032/01.18  2005 June 13  G96  21.1 V  7   34  18.8/-25/22.6/032/01.57  00.6/-44/19.8/079/04.10  04.6/-10/21.1/117/00.85
         2005 FN4            Apo  19.2/-16/20.4_/047/01.89  2005 Sept. 9  291          3  162  20.2/-18/20.5/052/01.84  22.7/-18/21.1/064/01.30  00.8/-12/22.1/064/00.79
         2004 YJ1            Amo  17.4/+66/21.8^/088/00.63  2005 Jan.  2  170  19.2 V  5   15  18.2/+69/21.4/092/00.92  01.1/+55/20.0/117/03.14  03.5/-06/21.4/105/01.01
         2004 XL29           Apo  10.0/-18/20.9^/084/01.83  2005 Jan. 19  291  20.0 V  6   39  10.6/-29/20.7/078/02.10  14.4/-57/20.9/052/01.86  18.8/-37/20.2/026/01.48
         2004 XE6            Amo  03.9/-19/20.4^/141/00.70  2005 Jan. 19  696  19.7 R  6   41  03.7/-16/20.3/141/00.84  02.8/+03/20.3/127/01.03  02.4/+29/20.9/101/00.76
         2003 YL118          PHA  17.6/-10/25.9_/026/00.48  2004 Jan. 23  246          7   27  17.8/-07/26.4/024/00.56  00.2/+41/16.9/106/15.47  05.3/+16/21.1/137/00.34
         2003 OC3            Apo  10.4/-06/21.2^/081/01.00  2003 Aug. 31  568  21.0 R  6   41  10.9/-08/21.0/080/01.09  12.8/-16/20.5/075/01.40  15.9/-21/20.4/062/01.43
         2003 CH11           Amo  05.7/-68/20.7^/090/00.12  2003 Mar. 26  696          5   50  05.8/-68/20.6/089/00.08  06.1/-65/20.0/092/00.35  06.6/-34/18.2/121/02.34
         2002 XC91           Apo  20.2/-50/21.4^/058/02.67  2003 Jan. 12  291  21.9 V  7   30  22.4/-46/20.6/074/03.42  02.1/-04/20.5/116/01.65  03.5/+16/22.4/112/00.60
         2002 XY39           Amo  07.7/+18/21.4^/127/01.07  2003 Jan. 29  809  21.7 R  5   49  07.8/+10/21.1/131/01.22  07.5/-19/20.9/133/01.18  06.8/-39/21.7/118/00.31
         2002 KM3            Apo  01.2/+09/19.7_/139/01.80  2002 June  6  649  19.5 R  5   27  01.9/+06/20.4/140/01.09  02.9/+04/22.2/130/00.48  03.8/+07/23.8/113/00.45
         1998 YF10           Amo  08.8/+15/21.4^/111/00.55  1999 Jan.  8  658          6   17  08.9/+18/21.2/118/00.55  09.0/+32/20.7/141/00.66  08.2/+47/21.0/153/00.43
         1997 AC11           Ate  07.3/-41/21.6^/103/00.43  1997 Jan. 27  118  17.6 R  5   17  07.0/-41/21.4/108/00.56  05.4/-35/20.7/121/01.16  03.8/-03/20.8/110/01.24

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