Andrew Lowe's Minor Planet Home Page
Andrew Lowe's Minor Planet Home Page
Welcome to my home page. Follow the links below to find some results of my work with minor planets.
The moon today
lunar phases
What's
new
?
(Updated 2009-11-03)
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My Minor Planet Discoveries
Introduction
Latest News:
562 total discoveries:
195 numbered, of which 35 are named
260 multi-opposition
107 one-opposition
The following discoveries have been recently numbered:
(220026) 2002 QG55
(220027) 2002 QJ57
(220949) 2005 KD10
(221309) 2005 VK5
(221371) 2005 XU
My latest named asteroids:
(161693) Attilladanko
(171153) Allanrahill
The following discoveries have been nominated for naming:
(176710) 2002 QR56
(176711) 2002 QM57
My latest discoveries:
2009 VV (Nov. 08)
2009 VH1 (Nov. 09)
2009 VJ1 (Nov. 09)
2009 VK1 (Nov. 09)
2009 VC3 (Nov. 10)
2009 VD3 (Nov. 10)
2009 VE3 (Nov. 10)
2009 VF42 (Nov. 11)
2009 VM44 (Nov. 14)
2009 VN44 (Nov. 15)
2009 VO44 (Nov. 15)
2009 VW44 (Nov. 11)
2009 VX44 (Nov. 14)
2009 VY44 (Nov. 14)
2009 VO45 (Nov. 14)
2009 WG (Nov. 16)
2009 WH (Nov. 16)
2009 WJ (Nov. 16)
2009 WL (Nov. 16)
2009 WE1 (Nov. 17)
2009 WG1 (Nov. 18)
2009 WH6 (Nov. 18)
Elements
,
Oppositions 2009-2010
, and
Daily Ephemerides
(Updated 2009-11-19)
Cumulative
numbered, multi-opposition, and one-opposition discoveries (Updated 2009-02-04)
Ephemeris Service from the MPC:
DSS discoveries
NEAT discoveries
H06 discoveries
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Discovery Oppositions
(Updated 2009-05-07)
Citations
for my named minor planets (Updated 2009-10-04)
Discovery Animations
and
Precoveries
(Updated 2007-12-24)
Some interesting
lists
(Updated 2009-11-20)
Results
from RAS Observatory, Mayhill (H06)
Other Work with Minor Planets
NEO (Near-Earth Object)
Daily Ephemerides
Upcoming Close Approaches
(< 0.10 A.U.) of NEOs to the Inner Planets (Updated 2009-11-19)
Very Close Approaches
(< 0.01 A.U.) of PHAs to the Inner Planets 1800-2200 (Updated 2009-06-15)
Minor planet
linkages
Asteroid
occultations
Contributions
cited in the literature (Updated 2008-01-20)
Precoveries
of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) (Updated 2009-10-28)
(4091) Lowe
In The News
Other Astronomy Work
2009
Lunar Occultations
for Calgary
2009
Local Circumstances
for appulses of minor planets with stars visible from Calgary
Photography
Related Links
Astrometry and Derived Data
Minor Planet Center
AstDys
NeoDys
(Italy)
(Spain)
NASA's
Near Earth Object Program
Tools for Observers and Calculators
Herbert Raab's
Astrometrica home page
Bill Gray's
Project Pluto home page
for his copyrighted freeware Find_Orb
Aldo Vitagliano's
Solex 10.0
numerical integrator
Lowell Observatory's
ASTPLOT
and
ASTFINDER
NASA's
Orbit Diagrams
AstroArt's
Asteroid Orbit Viewer
and
Cometary Orbit Viewer
Image Archives
SkyMorph
Primary Site
or
Alternate Site
DSS Plate Finder
USNO Image and Catalogue Archive
Data and Article Archives
NASA Astrophysics Data System
CDS Catalogues and Files
News
A/CC's Major News about Minor Objects
Spaceflight Now
Space Weather News
Newsgroups
Astrometrica
International Occultation Timing Association
Comets Mailing List
Minor Planet Mailing List
Miscellaneous
Asteroids with Canadian Connections
Steve Preston's
Asteroid Occultation Updates
Heavens-Above
(Satellite transit predictions)
Fred Espenak's
Eclipse home page
Calgary Weather
Current Conditions and Forecast
Clear Sky Chart
You can contact me
here