DASO Circular No. 252                           Issued: 2009 July 3, 22:20 UT

        The DISTANT ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES OBSERVATION (DASO) Circulars
         are a private publication by staff of the Minor Planet Center
          and are intended to disseminate astrometric observations of
                         distant artificial satellites.

             Editor: Gareth V. Williams (gwilliams@cfa.harvard.edu)
    Astrometry submissions to mpc@cfa.harvard.edu (Subject line = "ART SAT")

Observations:
Geotail       C2009 07 02.36385 20 38 38.10 -24 18 43.0          17.2 V D0252F85
Geotail       C2009 07 02.36820 20 39 00.66 -24 15 24.4          16.8 V D0252F85
Geotail       C2009 07 02.37692 20 39 45.08 -24 08 35.4          17.2 V D0252F85
Geotail       C2009 07 02.38137 20 40 07.59 -24 05 02.0          17.1 V D0252F85
Herschel      C2009 07 02.34463 17 07 15.86 -11 10 31.8          20.4 V D0252F84
Herschel      C2009 07 02.35409 17 07 13.51 -11 10 40.6          18.9 V D0252F84
Herschel      C2009 07 02.36456 17 07 11.03 -11 10 56.2          19.8 V D0252F84
LCROSS        C2009 07 02.28766 14 40 31.70 +27 31 09.2          16.3 V D0252F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 02.29543 14 40 36.02 +27 28 38.9          16.3 V D0252F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 02.30302 14 40 40.30 +27 26 11.7          16.3 V D0252F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 02.31063 14 40 44.73 +27 23 41.2          16.3 V D0252F85
LCROSS        C2009 07 02.31832 14 40 49.41 +27 21 05.7          16.3 V D0252F85
Planck        C2009 07 02.40564 17 52 28.93 -17 11 15.4          19.1 V D0252F84
Planck        C2009 07 02.41549 17 52 27.15 -17 11 32.1          18.6 V D0252F84
Planck        C2009 07 02.42533 17 52 25.30 -17 11 45.4          18.7 V D0252F84

Observer details:
F84 Hibiscus Observatory, Punaauia.  Observer N. Teamo.  0.35-m f/2.0 Schmidt
    + 1392 x 1040 CCD.
F85 Tiki Observatory, Punaauia.  Observer N. Teamo.  0.41-m f/8.0
    Ritchey-Chretien + 3056 x 3056 CCD.

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DASO Circular No. 252                           Issued: 2009 July 3, 22:20 UT