[AZ-Observing] Re: Congrats to Brian Skiff!

     Thanks for the notes.  The Minor Planet Center originally
posted this with a finding ephemeris derived from a near-circular
Centaur-type orbit between Saturn and Uranus, which would have been
quite interesting.  But the one that's published is a fairly mundane
parabolic orbit with perihelion distance somewhere in the main
asteroid belt (2.7 AU).  It is still beyond 6 AU by the current
reckoning, and with only a 1.7-day arc on the orbit, things could
change considerably as further observations are obtained.  
     The data thus far are reported here:

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K07/K07B39.html

...which includes essential follow-up work by amateurs James McGaha
in Tucson and Peter Birtwhistle in England, among others.


\Brian
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