Unusual asteroid discoveries made at the UKST and ANU 40-inch
Status as at 2005 Dec 01
The following list is based solely on the discoveries by Rob McNaught.
Discoveries by other observers will eventually be included once I
obtain their discovery lists.
Objects with any of q<1.55 q>1.3
a<1.7 a>3.6
Q>4.5
e>0.4
i>40
Object q Q a e i H Opps Last obs.
5066 1.64 2.24 1.94 0.15 41.4 14.1 13 2004 10 08
5335 1.58 22.10 11.84 0.87 61.9 13.3 2 1992 08 22 Damocloid Tj= 1.1 (possible comet?)
6130 1.36 4.59 2.98 0.54 23.7 16.3 4 2002 03 20 Tj= 2.9 (possible comet?)
6322 1.33 3.71 2.52 0.47 28.2 16.3 4 1998 09 28
6411 1.61 3.92 2.76 0.42 28.6 13.0 9 2002 11 04
6523 1.53 3.76 2.65 0.42 26.6 15.1 7 2003 02 21
6564 1.38 2.38 1.88 0.27 45.3 15.9 6 2001 10 28
7096 1.37 4.17 2.77 0.50 11.2 15.3 6 2001 06 30
7604 1.33 4.90 3.11 0.57 20.4 13.7 7 2003 04 10 Tj= 2.9 (possible comet?)
9857 4.99 5.26 5.13 0.03 19.6 10.3 6 2001 01 04 Jupiter Trojan
9881 1.38 3.30 2.34 0.41 8.1 15.9 5 1998 12 20
13060 4.56 5.85 5.20 0.12 22.9 10.3 9 2004 05 19 Jupiter Trojan
13551 1.46 3.60 2.53 0.42 5.3 16.1 5 2000 02 13
17640 1.51 3.14 2.33 0.35 25.4 14.0 9 2004 12 19
18514 1.36 3.78 2.57 0.47 24.9 15.8 4 2002 06 06
23480 4.76 5.66 5.21 0.09 22.5 11.4 9 2005 06 10 Jupiter Trojan
48438 4.94 5.27 5.11 0.03 31.4 10.2 6 2002 11 11 Jupiter Trojan
52310 1.55 3.13 2.34 0.34 22.9 15.4 5 2003 02 04
69307 1.54 2.33 1.93 0.20 25.8 15.8 4 2003 10 23
100276 1.53 3.34 2.43 0.37 21.2 15.2 4 2005 10 12
101969 1.60 4.13 2.86 0.44 15.2 14.8 6 2005 02 09
119904 3.27 4.65 3.96 0.17 7.9 14.1 4 2005 10 25 Hilda
1977 OX 1.70 5.00 3.35 0.49 16.1 15.1 4 2001 07 15 Tj= 2.9 (possible comet?)
1994 WZ2 1.32 4.60 2.96 0.55 18.0 17.9 3 1999 10 05 Tj= 3.0 (possible comet?)
1995 QX9 1.45 3.70 2.57 0.44 8.3 17.6 3 2003 05 25
1995 WQ5 1.38 3.32 2.35 0.41 21.1 16.8 3 2003 01 24
1998 QB105 1.48 3.20 2.34 0.37 23.3 16.3 3 2005 07 10
1999 QJ 1.37 3.50 2.43 0.44 32.0 17.4 ( 77d) 1999 11 02
1999 RD43 1.41 2.94 2.18 0.35 8.2 17.5 2 2005 05 10
2000 CH72 1.60 3.79 2.69 0.41 6.1 17.8 2 2003 12 18
2002 EU6 4.66 5.62 5.14 0.09 7.1 13.2 3 2002 04 22 Jupiter Trojan
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