Provisional discoveries are maintained in the Minor Planet Center database, and carefully monitored as additional observations are made. In 3-6 years when the orbits are fully determined, the provisional discoveries are numbered and placed into the world’s official minor bodies catalog by the International Astronomical Union. Once numbered, an asteroid can be named by its student discoverers.
Category: Pan-STARRS
Dez 18 2013
PS – Preliminary Main Belt Asteroid Discoveries (Sept 30 – Nov 8, 2013)
Original discoveries of asteroids found in the Main Belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Abr 17 2013
PS – Provisional Discoveries (Mar 10 – Apr 14, 2013)
Provisional discoveries are maintained in the Minor Planet Center database, and carefully monitored as additional observations are made. In 3-6 years when the orbits are fully determined, the provisional discoveries are numbered and placed into the world’s official minor bodies catalog by the International Astronomical Union. Once numbered, an asteroid can be named by its student discoverers.
Mar 17 2013
Pan-STARRS asteroids March 10 – April 14, 2013
Main Belt Asteroid Discoveries
Original discoveries of asteroids found in the Main Belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Dez 09 2012
Pan-STARRS Asteroids Nov 12 – Dec 17, 2012
Main Belt Asteroid Discoveries
Original discoveries of asteroids found in the Main Belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.