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Minor Planet Center

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 Feb. 12.85 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 NJ             Apo  11.3/-13/21.0^/145/00.45  2009 Aug. 14  H55  19.2 V  6   33  11.1/-11/20.9/153/00.48  10.5/-07/21.2/161/00.40  10.1/-01/22.4/130/00.13
         2009 LS             Apo  01.7/-07/19.9_/058/01.19  2009 Aug. 15  H55  21.0 V  5   64  02.2/-10/20.0/058/01.09  03.6/-18/20.2/060/00.88  05.3/-24/20.5/065/00.82
         2009 JO2            Ate  20.4/-37/22.0^/030/01.00  2009 May  15  G96  21.5 V  9    2  19.9/-35/21.2/039/00.81  19.4/-22/20.4/065/00.61  19.3/-02/20.0/093/00.73
         2009 FY4            PHA  16.3/-68/19.8^/074/02.04  2009 Apr. 16  H55  21.4 V  6   28  14.6/-52/18.4/096/03.97  12.0/+34/18.3/148/01.42  11.4/+44/21.0/120/00.08
         2009 EF3            Apo  04.9/-34/21.0^/096/01.97  2009 Apr. 17  291  22.3 V  6   33  05.6/-24/20.9/104/01.93  07.2/+04/21.5/114/01.20  08.7/+18/22.7/105/00.66
         2009 EB1            Apo  08.2/+11/21.0_/157/00.64  2009 Mar.  3  G96  20.8 V  9    1  08.0/+13/21.3/147/00.49  07.8/+19/22.4/121/00.17  08.1/+22/23.3/096/00.28
         2009 CB3            PHA  23.2/-20/23.9_/021/01.07  2009 Apr. 30  291  22.1 V  5   85  23.8/-17/24.0/024/01.77  06.0/+31/18.7/096/03.71  09.2/+31/21.0/107/00.56
         2008 WL64           Apo  17.7/+08/20.5^/065/01.43  2008 Dec. 13  H55  20.1 V  7   20  18.3/+04/20.4/059/01.73  21.5/-14/20.2/034/02.40  01.4/-01/18.7/010/01.62
         2008 TZ3            PHA  14.3/+02/21.9^/111/00.69  2008 Nov.  6  H55  22.1 V  5   31  14.6/+00/21.6/113/00.75  16.0/-05/20.6/114/01.13  19.2/-18/20.0/097/02.06
         2008 EB9            Amo  11.9/+10/20.7^/148/00.52  2008 Apr. 25  291          4   48  11.7/+07/20.3/157/00.68  10.6/-06/19.6/163/01.02  09.5/-22/20.7/122/00.45
         2008 EN6            Apo  13.2/-23/22.2^/117/00.37  2008 Apr.  5  H55  22.0    6   31  13.2/-26/21.9/123/00.41  12.7/-35/21.0/140/00.63  10.9/-43/20.5/132/00.73
         2008 CQ116          Apo  05.2/+36/19.9_/115/07.23  2008 Feb. 13  673  18.8 R  7    2  06.2/+04/20.7/120/03.06  07.1/-19/23.1/110/00.48  08.0/-23/24.6/100/00.41
         2007 XB10           Apo  12.9/-64/21.3^/094/00.42  2008 Jan. 13  291          5   39  13.0/-67/21.1/096/00.41  13.0/-76/20.5/100/00.37  10.3/-84/19.5/103/00.31
         2007 RM133          Amo  13.5/+07/21.8^/125/00.17  2007 Nov. 10  711  20.2 R  4   65  13.5/+08/21.5/131/00.16  13.5/+13/20.7/151/00.25  13.0/+19/20.1/151/00.32
         2007 JZ20           Apo  15.1/-26/21.4^/093/00.43  2008 Jan. 14  413  20.2 R  3  248  15.3/-24/21.2/098/00.44  15.9/-16/20.4/115/00.64  16.3/+12/19.1/132/01.38
         2007 EF             PHA  19.5/-45/22.2^/042/01.32  2007 Apr. 16  G96  20.7 V  7   38  18.8/-34/20.7/052/02.92  13.4/+61/18.4/118/01.86  10.8/+58/20.9/105/00.28
         2006 QW89           Amo  11.3/+10/21.8^/157/00.21  2006 Oct. 12  291  21.9 V  5   44  11.2/+11/21.5/166/00.27  10.7/+15/21.0/162/00.36  10.2/+19/21.3/125/00.11
         2006 HV5            PHA  17.0/-07/21.3^/070/00.86  2006 Apr. 23  204  16.2 R  8    4  17.4/-10/21.2/070/00.95  19.1/-22/20.8/069/01.38  22.7/-30/20.8/056/01.73
         2006 FW33           Apo  13.1/+05/21.3^/130/00.90  2006 Mar. 29  291  22.7 V  9    3  12.6/+07/21.0/144/01.03  11.1/+15/21.0/165/00.87  10.1/+17/22.8/123/00.20
         2006 CT9            Apo  13.4/+42/19.7 /125/02.94  2006 Mar.  1  J95  21.0 R  7   26  15.0/+60/19.7/108/03.60  22.3/+45/21.9/050/01.52  23.9/+14/21.6/024/01.35
         2005 YU55           VI   13.4/-08/23.1^/122/00.29  2006 Jan. 23  291          7   30  13.5/-08/22.7/127/00.25  13.7/-09/20.9/147/00.06  12.8/-01/16.1/167/03.53
         2005 XB1            Apo  13.5/+13/22.7^/125/00.36  2005 Dec. 25  291          7   21  13.6/+15/22.4/130/00.38  13.8/+27/21.0/141/00.72  12.1/+61/20.1/108/02.00
         2005 SC71           Amo  13.8/-20/22.1^/111/00.17  2005 Dec. 25  413  21.4 R  4   86  13.9/-19/21.9/118/00.16  13.9/-15/21.0/142/00.32  13.6/-01/19.8/171/00.64
         2005 GB120          Ate  17.9/-22/21.7^/056/00.43  2005 May  12  540  20.7 R  8   31  17.8/-19/21.5/063/00.42  18.1/-09/20.9/083/00.52  18.4/+09/20.0/104/00.80
         2005 EU95           Apo  08.2/-12/20.9 /146/00.86  2005 Mar. 13  704  19.7    9    3  08.0/-07/20.9/142/00.91  07.4/+11/21.3/117/00.76  07.6/+29/21.9/087/00.55
         2005 ET95           Amo  02.6/+81/21.1^/101/01.20  2005 Apr.  3  413  21.1 R  6   24  05.6/+77/20.9/106/01.40  08.3/+46/20.9/119/01.49  09.3/+14/22.1/114/00.81
         2002 FU5            Apo  13.1/+01/22.5^/129/00.44  2002 Apr. 14  649  19.4 R  4   34  13.3/+01/22.0/133/00.51  14.5/+03/20.2/137/01.33  21.4/+08/21.3/060/03.12
         2001 VJ5            PHA  21.0/+29/22.4^/044/02.30  2001 Nov. 20  696          7   26  19.6/+31/21.1/057/02.87  15.4/+15/19.3/123/01.81  13.5/+01/20.1/170/00.55
         2000 SV20           Amo  12.9/+08/21.3^/133/00.31  2000 Dec. 20  696          5   87  12.8/+07/21.1/142/00.40  12.0/+05/20.5/174/00.55  11.1/+02/21.6/143/00.30
         2000 EZ106          Ate  15.0/+08/21.4^/102/00.59  2000 Mar. 26  688  17.5 R  8   14  15.2/+04/21.0/106/00.80  16.5/-43/19.1/101/05.02  02.4/-38/22.1/049/00.97
         1999 HW1            Amo  14.6/+43/20.9^/111/00.33  1999 May  24  693  20.4 R  5   35  14.8/+42/20.8/113/00.28  14.9/+35/20.1/124/00.44  14.0/+14/19.2/156/01.16
         1999 GR6            Apo  15.5/-14/22.1^/091/00.93  1999 Apr. 24  658          6   14  16.0/-13/21.7/091/01.17  18.7/-01/20.9/074/02.70  23.6/+15/21.4/028/01.74
         1996 RY3            Amo  04.8/-59/21.7^/086/00.84  1996 Oct.  1  413          7   16  05.2/-54/21.4/090/01.14  06.8/-12/20.4/107/02.79  09.0/+41/21.6/101/01.07
         1996 BA1            Amo  11.6/-02/20.0^/148/00.47  1996 Mar. 28  413          5   67  11.6/-05/19.9/154/00.42  11.4/-12/19.8/165/00.22  11.4/-14/21.1/149/00.12
         1995 SB             Amo  12.0/+20/22.0^/147/00.38  1995 Sept.30  691  22.2    7   12  11.8/+18/21.6/156/00.55  10.8/+10/21.0/165/00.86  09.8/-04/22.2/126/00.42

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