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Observational data and orbits of the asteroids discovered at the baldone observatory in 2008-2013

  • Vilnius University
  • Chorzow Astronomical Observatory

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Abstract

The paper presents statistics of the asteroids observed and discovered at the Baldone Observatory, Latvia, in 2008-2013 within the project for astrometric observations of the near-Earth objects (NEOs), the main belt asteroids and comets. CCD observations of the asteroids were obtained with the 0.80/1.20 m, f/3 Schmidt telescope and a ST-10XME 15×10 mm CCD camera. In the Minor Planet Circulars and the Minor Planet Electronic Circulars (2008-2013) we published 3511 astrometric positions of 826 asteroids. Among them, 43 asteroids were newly discovered at Baldone. For 36 of these asteroids the precise orbits are calculated. Because of short observational arc and small number of observations, a few asteroids have low-precision orbits and their tracks have been lost. For seven objects with poorly known orbits we present their ephemerides for 2015-2016. The orbits and the evolution of orbital elements of two asteroids, (428694) 2008 OS9 from the Apollo group and the Centaur (330836) Orius (2009 HW77), are recalculated including new observations obtained after 2011.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)251-262
Number of pages12
JournalBaltic Astronomy
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Asteroids
  • Astrometry
  • Ephemerides
  • Minor planets

OECD Field of Science

  • 1.3 Physical Sciences

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