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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 2010 Sept. 2.81 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
         2010 AF30           PHA  24.0/-12/20.9 /162/00.66  2010 Feb. 11  H21  21.6 V  7   32  23.7/-13/20.9/169/00.60  23.0/-14/22.1/150/00.25  22.9/-12/23.6/121/00.17
         2009 UM             Apo  11.3/-44/22.2^/052/01.22  2009 Dec. 17  H21  21.9 V  5   62  11.3/-53/21.7/058/01.41  21.8/-81/20.0/093/02.58  23.2/-20/20.5/121/01.20
         2009 SH2            Ate  03.1/-30/21.5^/116/00.65  2009 Oct.  2  926  19.5 R  3   14  03.4/-27/20.9/116/00.96  07.8/+43/19.9/079/07.27  13.6/+43/24.1/058/00.58
         2009 CA2            Apo  06.5/-08/20.2 /066/01.53  2009 May  22  H55  21.9 V  4  108  07.1/-01/20.2/062/01.68  09.4/+20/20.3/053/01.63  12.2/+24/20.5/051/01.02
         2008 UF7            Apo  11.8/-38/20.8^/048/01.47  2008 Nov. 26  H55  21.4 V  6   31  11.9/-49/20.5/054/01.69  23.5/-83/19.3/093/02.31  23.9/-32/20.0/121/01.07
         2008 SE85           PHA  23.9/+11/20.8^/154/00.50  2008 Oct. 22  304  18.4 R  6   24  23.8/+08/20.3/164/00.68  23.1/-12/19.7/153/01.13  22.4/-39/20.5/102/00.68
         2008 EM85           Apo  20.0/-44/20.2 /129/00.87  2008 May   6  H55  21.1 V  5   53  19.5/-45/20.2/118/00.86  17.8/-41/20.4/079/00.85  15.1/-21/28.4/011/01.79
         2008 EE68           Amo  01.3/-03/20.9^/142/01.01  2008 Mar. 11  J95  19.8 R  9    1  01.3/-10/20.7/149/01.08  01.0/-33/21.0/143/00.76  00.6/-43/22.1/116/00.09
         2008 EN6            Apo  08.6/+38/21.3^/042/01.88  2008 Apr.  5  H55  22.0    6   31  08.8/+49/20.5/053/01.27  09.8/+64/20.4/074/00.48  11.1/+72/20.7/093/00.30
         2008 DC             Amo  17.2/-44/21.0_/100/00.66  2008 Mar. 24  H55  20.9 V  5   35  17.5/-40/21.1/097/00.71  18.5/-28/21.2/088/00.82  19.9/-10/21.3/080/00.91
         2008 AD             Apo  20.5/-01/21.0_/145/00.35  2008 Jan. 19  G96  19.9 V  7   18  20.5/-03/21.5/140/00.27  20.7/-07/22.8/121/00.22  21.2/-09/24.0/099/00.29
         2007 VX137          Amo  16.6/-31/20.6 /092/00.60  2008 Jan.  3  H55  21.5 V  5   56  16.9/-31/20.6/089/00.66  18.2/-29/20.7/084/00.82  20.1/-23/20.9/080/00.93
         2007 UB66           Apo  07.7/+70/20.1_/069/01.36  2007 Nov.  4  G96  21.2 V  7    5  08.8/+63/20.2/063/01.33  10.2/+36/20.2/052/01.26  11.2/+04/20.4/051/01.08
         2007 TC66           Apo  02.8/-02/22.1^/119/00.30  2007 Nov. 16  D21  18.4 R  6   35  03.0/-03/21.8/124/00.31  03.3/-10/20.4/137/00.45  03.6/-36/18.3/127/01.78
         2007 SE11           Amo  07.2/+35/20.9 /056/00.88  2007 Dec. 26  H55  19.2 V  4   96  07.7/+38/20.9/058/00.88  09.4/+45/21.0/065/00.87  11.7/+48/21.1/073/00.74
         2007 RU17           PHA  02.2/+10/20.7^/126/00.11  2007 Dec.  5  448  19.6 R  5   83  02.2/+10/20.2/132/00.06  02.0/+11/18.0/157/00.44  19.4/-01/17.0/075/06.75
         2007 HG44           Apo  23.7/-24/20.5^/160/00.45  2007 May  16  291          6   22  23.5/-26/20.2/159/00.54  22.5/-33/19.9/133/00.66  21.1/-33/19.8/090/00.52
         2007 EJ             Apo  20.5/-36/20.2_/138/00.33  2007 Apr. 27  291          5   49  20.3/-36/20.3/130/00.26  20.1/-35/20.4/106/00.11  20.5/-30/20.3/083/00.41
         2006 TH7            Apo  01.4/-02/22.1^/140/00.26  2006 Oct. 29  E12  18.9 R  6   38  01.4/-04/21.6/147/00.36  00.9/-15/20.3/161/00.83  23.2/-37/20.1/111/01.15
         2006 QA31           Apo  06.1/-03/20.9_/071/01.90  2006 Sept.21  E12  19.5 R  7   29  07.0/-02/21.1/064/01.86  09.5/+03/21.6/047/01.44  12.1/+01/21.4/039/01.17
         2006 OS9            Apo  03.1/-12/22.3^/116/00.31  2006 Oct. 25  568  22.1 R  3   93  03.2/-14/21.9/120/00.36  03.2/-25/20.8/132/00.65  02.1/-52/19.6/113/01.39
         2005 UO5            Apo  03.2/-37/21.0^/113/00.23  2006 Apr.  4  J95  20.7 R  3  159  03.3/-38/20.8/116/00.20  03.0/-41/20.0/124/00.43  01.0/-31/19.0/130/01.39
         2005 TB15           Apo  02.2/+13/21.9^/124/00.11  2005 Nov. 29  291          6   59  02.3/+14/21.5/130/00.08  02.0/+16/19.7/155/00.38  23.5/+14/17.6/138/02.64
         2005 QQ87           Ate  21.6/-31/19.6_/152/03.15  2005 Sept.10  474  20.7 R  7   10  21.6/-45/20.9/135/01.26  21.7/-55/23.2/111/00.16  22.4/-53/24.5/095/00.31
         2005 NK1            Apo  14.9/+04/20.8_/062/00.81  2005 July  4  413  20.9 R  9    1  15.2/+01/21.0/060/00.74  16.1/-06/21.5/052/00.58  17.1/-12/21.9/038/00.48
         2004 EK1            Apo  00.6/+03/21.6^/151/00.48  2004 Apr. 20  715  20.9 R  6   37  00.6/-01/21.1/159/00.64  00.3/-20/20.5/155/01.02  23.8/-44/21.3/112/00.49
         2004 BW1            Amo  04.1/+07/19.6 /100/01.23  2004 Jan. 28  291  21.5 V  8   12  04.6/+09/19.6/098/01.13  06.0/+14/19.7/099/00.72  06.9/+18/19.7/116/00.22
         2003 SC11           Amo  02.7/+07/21.8^/120/01.08  2003 Oct.  3  291  20.9 V  7   16  02.9/-01/21.4/124/01.33  03.8/-37/21.0/119/01.72  05.3/-71/21.9/090/00.70
         2002 TZ57           Apo  11.0/-61/24.4^/069/00.87  2002 Oct. 10  649  20.1 R  8    7  11.3/-68/23.7/073/01.37  22.0/-17/20.5/136/04.91  22.8/+28/23.6/128/00.47
         2002 QQ40           PHA  20.5/-24/20.5_/143/01.16  2002 Sept. 9  670          7   20  19.9/-26/20.6/128/01.13  18.2/-29/21.3/083/00.87  15.8/-24/26.2/021/01.44
         2002 EA             Apo  22.2/-18/19.4_/167/01.41  2002 Mar. 11  118  17.9 R  7    9  22.0/-11/20.3/161/00.77  21.9/-02/22.5/140/00.23  22.4/+02/24.2/119/00.32
         2001 YM4            Amo  19.2/+63/20.8_/098/00.81  2002 Feb. 13  696          6   53  18.5/+66/21.0/093/00.66  16.6/+71/21.2/084/00.40  14.3/+72/21.1/087/00.36
         2001 TB             Apo  00.3/+10/23.2^/151/00.39  2001 Oct.  8  422  16.9 R  6    3  00.5/+12/22.5/155/00.54  04.5/+23/19.8/119/09.72  11.4/-06/25.9/046/00.64
         2001 PH9            Amo  23.2/+19/19.4 /152/00.65  2001 Sept.25  715  19.4 R  5   46  23.4/+23/19.4/152/00.58  00.0/+28/19.6/154/00.37  00.8/+26/20.4/155/00.39
         2000 TU28           PHA  00.9/+45/20.6^/120/00.19  2000 Nov.  2  467          6   30  01.0/+46/20.2/124/00.15  01.2/+37/18.2/146/01.00  01.5/-54/18.0/111/02.78
         2000 EY106          Apo  01.5/+02/20.0^/138/00.60  2000 Apr. 30  413  19.9 R  6   47  01.3/+06/19.5/146/00.83  23.7/+27/18.3/154/01.78  20.4/+42/19.5/099/00.88
         1999 RO36           Amo  20.4/-15/20.1_/145/00.19  1999 Nov. 12  734  20.8 V  5   67  20.5/-16/20.2/139/00.28  21.2/-18/20.4/126/00.63  22.8/-13/20.9/120/00.88
         1998 SZ27           PHA  13.7/+19/22.1^/044/03.01  1998 Sept.29  426  18.9 R  9    8  15.3/+03/20.5/061/05.07  20.3/-36/20.2/108/01.33  22.1/-34/22.0/101/00.51
         1997 VM4            Apo  06.7/+26/21.1^/061/01.03  1998 Jan.  3  711          5   58  07.2/+26/20.8/060/01.17  09.6/+21/20.1/050/01.73  13.2/-01/18.9/023/01.88
         1997 GL3            PHA  21.1/-04/20.5^/155/00.77  1997 May   5  557  19.4 V  3   29  20.8/-06/20.4/144/00.82  19.7/-13/20.5/105/00.70  18.4/-22/20.9/057/00.85

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