2000 OR1 2000 PO8 2000 QL26 2000 QM26
UT Discovery Date: July 26.16 UT, 2000
Our Initial Designation: FBAC54
Discoverers: Len Casady, Joe Dellinger, Bill Dillon
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Next Opposition: 30-Dec-2001 (mag 18.9)
Comments: First discovery made using Rice University's ST-9 CCD camera. Our first discovery since February and our 4th for the year. Many thanks to Larry Robinson (Kansas) and Paul Comba (Arizona) for getting the 2nd night confirmation!
Epilog: with DOU-P38 (2000), OR1 became a four opposition object! Our first! But the object cannot yet be numbered. We keep the principal designation. OR1 had the following old designations: 1978 CC, 1992 EG22, 1999 FS40.
UT Discovery Date: August 06.13 UT, 2000
Our Initial Designation: FBAC55
Discoverers: Bill Dillon and Cynthia Gustava
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Next Opposition:
Comments: This was an accidental discovery! We were observing Comet Tempel 1 in support of NASA's Deep Impact mission. Though we blinked the images on site, we did not notice anything other than the comet (we certainly weren't expecting anything that far from opposition, especially for a well observed object like Tempel 1).
While filling in the observing log two days later, I thought it would be nice to include some astrometry of the comet. While blinking the images, I noticed a star that appeared to be shifting position slightly. I almost "blew it off", but curiosity won out in the end. Astrometry confirmed that the object was indeed moving.
I asked teammate Keith Rivich and Dennis Borgman to check their images from the previous morning. Keith found the object in his images! I then notified the coordinator of the Tempel observing campaign, Stephanie McLaughlin, about our potential discovery. She in turn notified other observers in the campaign, several of whom reported seeing the object in their images.
This discovery was a nice bonus for observing Comet Tempel. It was our 30th asteroid designation, our fifth discovery of the year, and the first for my ST-7 camera.
Epilog: after we pushed the arc out to 26 days, the next day a link was made with 1998 MP45. We keep the principal designation, and PO8 is now a two-opposition object.
At the start of September, PO8 went to three oppositions (but still a two-year arc).
UT Discovery Date: August 27.20 UT, 2000
Our Initial Designation: FBAC56
Discoverers: Joe Dellinger, Bill Dillon, Max Eastman
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Next Opposition:
Comments: Found as part of a search, one of two asteroids found in the target area (group of four fields) for that night. This was our 31st discovery, our sixth for the year, and 2nd using Rice's ST-9 camera (thanks!).
Epilog: On 26-Nov-2000's DOU-W41, QL26 was identified as the lost Palomar-Leiden Survey object 4265 (PLS4265), and for only the third time in four years, we lost primary designation to this object. We will continue to follow it until it becomes a permanently numbered object so that it never gets lost again.
UT Discovery Date: August 27.22 UT, 2000
Our Initial Designation: FBAC57
Discoverers: Joe Dellinger, Bill Dillon, Max Eastman
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Next Opposition:
Comments: Found shortly after 2000 QL26, this was our 32nd discovery, our seventh of the year, and the third using Rice's ST-9 camera.
Epilog: After a week, out discovery was linked to 1999 FN43, with us keeping the principal designation.
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