Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer


WISE Related Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

  1. 2011 BN59, an NEO with a comet-like orbit, a=4 AU, e=0.7. This was found in the last batch of tracklets from NEOWISE.
  2. 2011 BY24, an Earth crosser with a MOID = 0.0171 that probably should be a PHA because the IR estimated magnitude is 1.3 mags brighter than the optical magnitude, indicating a diameter bigger than the PHA threshold but with a low albedo.
  3. 2011 AH37, an Earth crossing PHA with MOID = 0.0348
  4. 2011 AT4, with perihelion distance = 1.42 AU, so it is only nearly an NEO
  5. 2010 YD3, probably a big dark NEO since optical followup failed, 40 WISE observations spanning 6.5 days. Update: 110 observations by WISE from 28 Nov 2010 to 26 Jan 2011, and observed by CTIO in the optical in April 2011. A rotating, cratered thermophysical model gives a 500-1500 meter diameter. MOID = 0.196.
  6. 2007 TR65, WISE recovered this Mars, Earth and Venus crosser last seen in Nov 2007
  7. 2010 YC1, a darkish Earth crosser, MOID = 0.1644
  8. 2010 XY82, an NEO with perihelion distance of 1.13 AU, but no MPEC was issued. Update 29 Jul 2013: recovered by Dave Tholen, MOID = 0.2943.
  9. 2010 XP69, a darkish PHA, MOID=0.0127
  10. 2010 XZ67, MOID=0.0648
  11. 2010 WE9, MOID=0.2479
  12. 2010 UB8, probably a big dark NEO since the WISE estimated R was 18th mag while the ground-based measured R was about 21st mag. MOID = 0.1928
  13. 2010 UY6, a fairly dark almost PHA, MOID = 0.0593
  14. 2010 TK7, another object with a period of 1.00 years, MOID = 0.0837. This is the first WISE related MPEC based only on post-cryogen data.
  15. 2010 SZ16, PHA, MOID = 0.0405
  16. 2010 SO16, PHA, period of 1 year, MOID = 0.0269
  17. 2010 BK118, a blast from the past, retrograde cometary orbit with perihelion at 6.12 AU
  18. 2010 QA5, Mars crosser, MOID = 0.0587, probably pretty dark since optical observers are getting fluxes two magnitudes fainter than the WISE estimate
  19. 2010 QE2, quite a big NEO, high inclination Mars and Earth crosser, MOID = 0.0573
  20. 2010 QD2, big NEO; a Mars, Earth and Venus crosser, MOID = 0.0706
  21. 2010 PY75, Mars, Earth and Venus crosser, MOID = 0.2433
  22. Comet P/2010 P4 (WISE), 7.5 year period, eccentricity only 0.5. Orbit update: 10/13/2010
  23. 2010 PU66, Earth crosser, MOID=0.1449
  24. 2010 PW58, Aten, PHA, MOID = 0.0219
  25. 2010 PP58, MOID=0.0115 but a hair too dim optically to be a PHA.
  26. 2010 PO58, 121 degree inclination, ranges from 3 to 14.5 AU from the Sun.
  27. 2010 PM58, MOID=0.0975, Earth crosser. Update 01-Aug-2013: recovered by Dave Tholen, MOID = 0.0969.
  28. 2010 OK126, Mars crosser, MOID=0.1465
  29. 2010 OH126, Mars and Earth crosser, MOID = 0.0639
  30. 2010 ON101, PHA, MOID = 0.0451
  31. 2010 OM101, cometary orbit, perihelion at 2.13 AU
  32. 2010 OL101, MOID=0.3122
  33. 2010 OF101, Aten, MOID = 0.0633, WISE data for 10 days plus ground-based followup
  34. 2010 OE101, Mars crosser
  35. 2010 OD101, Mars crosser, MOID = 0.1906
  36. 2010 OC101, Earth crosser, MOID = 0.0902
  37. 2010 OB101, Earth crosser, MOID = 0.1111
  38. 2010 OA101, high eccentricity, high inclination, comet-like orbit
  39. 2010 OL100, Mars and Earth crosser, MOID=0.1284
  40. 2010 OS22, big NEO, MOID = 0.1647, discovered by LINEAR with a 48 minute arc, then WISE got 7 points over 11 hours 5 days later
  41. 2010 OE22, MOID = 0.1772
  42. 2004 XK50, WISE recovered this PHA so it now has a good orbit, MOID = 0.0426
  43. 2010 OR1, comet-like orbit, perihelion at 2.05 AU. Update: this object is also 2010 BY83, a designation given to a WISE discovery in January.
  44. 2010 NY65, Aten, PHA, MOID = 0.0168. Update: MOID = 0.0173, period = 1.00 years. WISE radiometric albedo = 7%, diameter = 228 m.
  45. 2010 NG3, big NEO, MOID = 0.1418
  46. 2010 NB2, Mars, Earth & Venus crosser, MOID = 0.0966
  47. 2010 NZ1, Mars, Earth & Venus crosser, MOID = 0.2691
  48. 1995 KG1, recovered after 15 years.
  49. 2004 RR109, WISE recovered this object so it now has a good orbit based on a six year arc.
  50. 2010 NW1, eccentric orbit for an asteroid, an NEO that gets out to 5 AU.
  51. 2010 NV1, retrograde comet-like orbit with perihelion at 9.3 AU.
  52. 2010 NU1, Mars, Earth & Venus crosser
  53. 2010 NT1, Mars crosser
  54. Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE), Jupiter family comet
  55. 2010 NJ1, Aten, MOID = 0.1463
  56. 2010 NH1, Mars and Jupiter crosser
  57. 2010 NG1, Aten, MOID = 0.0817. Update 6/21/13, , MOID = 0.0816.
  58. 2010 MB113, MOID = 0.2232
  59. 2010 MA113, MOID = 0.0815
  60. 2010 MZ112, Mars, Earth & Venus crosser, MOID = 0.2209
  61. 2010 MY112, MOID = 0.1914
  62. 2010 LU134, MOID = 0.1191
  63. 2010 MU112, Mars and Earth crosser, MOID = 0.1919 Update 2/12/13, now a PHA with MOID = 0.0011.
  64. 2010 MU111, Mars and Earth crosser, MOID = 0.0556
  65. 2010 MR87, MOID=0.1497, picked up by WISE at 80 degrees ecliptic latitude
  66. Comet C/2010 L5 (WISE), fairly bright (for WISE) parabolic comet, with m=18 at discovery. Now outbound, and it will be visible to WISE again in late July. Updates: 7/15/10, 7/23/10
  67. 2010 LJ109, ranging from 9-17 AU from the Sun
  68. 2010 LV108, Mars and Earth crosser, MOID = 0.0203
  69. 2010 LU108, Mars, Earth & Venus crosser, MOID = 0.1138
  70. 2010 LT108, Mars and Earth crosser, MOID = 0.1387
  71. 2010 LS108, Mars crosser
  72. Comet C/2010 L4 (WISE), parabolic comet coming into the night sky but past perihelion. Updates: 6/22/10, 7/2/10, 7/15/10, 7/23/10, 8/6/10
  73. 2010 LL68, small Mars and Earth crosser, MOID=0.1387
  74. 2010 LK68, small Mars, Earth & Venus crosser, MOID=0.0255
  75. 2010 LJ68, small Mars and Earth crosser, MOID=0.0361
  76. Comet P/2002 LN13 = 2010 L2 (LINEAR), WISE recovered this object discovered as an asteroid 8 years ago by LINEAR and showed it was a comet
  77. 2010 LG64, WISE only 2.3 day arc, Mars and Earth crosser, MOID=0.1175
  78. 2010 LF64, WISE only 2 day arc
  79. 2010 LJ61, Mars, Earth & Venus crosser, MOID=0.0727
  80. 2010 LG61, small Aten, short WISE only arc, WISE should revisit in July Update: 7/30/10, new WISE data now give a=7.11 AU. Quite a change!
  81. 2010 LE15, Aten, PHA, MOID=0.0230, WISE will revisit in late July
  82. 2010 KH, a biggish NEO, 21 observations by WISE over 3.4 days
  83. 2010 LR 33, a big PHA with MOID=0.0282
  84. 2010 LQ33, an NEO observed by WISE for 5 days
  85. 2010 LP33, eccentric orbit with a=4.5 AU
  86. 2010 KY127, a Mars, Earth, Venus & Mercury crosser, about 2 km diameter
  87. Comet P/2010 L1 (WISE), 8 year period, Updates: 6/14/10, 7/15/10, 9/3/10, 9/3/10 orbit linked with asteroid 2002 Q16, so this is now Comet P/2002 Q16 (WISE)
  88. 2010 KK127, an NEO tracked by WISE for 17 days as it stayed 90 degrees behind the Sun
  89. 2010 EJ104, WISE observations of a previously found object in a comet-like orbit
  90. 2010 LM14, Earth & Venus crosser
  91. 2010 LH14, MOID = 0.0552
  92. Comet P/2010 K2 (WISE), Period 5.05 years, also an NEO, Updates: 7/8/10, P=4.98 years
  93. 2010 KZ117, nearly a km in diameter, MOID = 0.1669
  94. 2010 KB61, Earth and Mars crosser
  95. 2010 KR59, orbit from 10.65 to 75 AU from the Sun, currently 12.9 AU away
  96. 2010 AU118, a blast from the past, 19 observations spanning 1.4 days only from WISE, a NEO larger than 1 km, WISE should see it again in early June
  97. 2010 AR85, a blast from the past, 10 observations spanning 1.7 days only from WISE, a NEO larger than 1 km
  98. 2010 AQ81, a blast from the past: Seen by WISE 22 times over a week during IOC, this NEO is now designated
  99. 2010 KY39, Mars crossing NEO
  100. 2010 JC170, Earth crossing NEO
  101. 2010 JM151, Earth and Mars crosser, MOID=0.1093
  102. 2010 HZ108, Apollo, MOID=0.1079
  103. 2010 KX7, PHA, MOID = 0.0319, Aten
  104. 2010 KW7, cometary orbit, i=147. Update: Comet C/2010 KW7 (WISE), perihelion at 2.57 AU
  105. 2010 JC147, cometary orbit
  106. 2010 JH124, cometary orbit, e = 0.89, q = 2.7 AU, i = 54 degrees
  107. 2010 JH87, Earth and Mars crosser
  108. 2010 JG87, short period comet-like orbit (e=0.94)
  109. 2010 JF87, PHA (MOID=0.0489)
  110. 2010 JE87, PHA (MOID=0.0329)
  111. 2010 JD87, Venus, Earth & Mars crosser
  112. Comet C/2010 J4 (WISE), orbit updates 1 and 2
  113. 2010 HZ104, MOID = 0.0197
  114. 2010 JA43, an NEO observed only by WISE but with 21 observations spanning 3 days due to its far Southern latitude (β = -66o)
  115. 2010 HX107, MOID=0.0144
  116. 2010 JN33, high inclination (i=55) NEO
  117. 2010 HA104, PHA (MOID=0.0437)
  118. 2010 HZ103, PHA (MOID=0.0334)
  119. 2010 HW81, Mars, Earth, Venus & Mercury crosser (e=0.73)
  120. 2010 HR80, 0.6 km dia Mars, Earth & Venus crosser
  121. 2010 HQ80, 0.4 km dia PHA, MOID=0.0111
  122. 2010 HD33, a biggish NEO.
  123. 2010 CT149, new WISE observations show this has a comet-like orbit with a=25.5 AU and e=0.93.
  124. Comet C/2010 A4 (Siding Spring), new WISE observations of this comet.
  125. 2006 JT. WISE recovered this NEO so it now has a very good orbit.
  126. Comet C/2010 FB87 (WISE-Garradd), parabolic orbit with perihelion at 2.85 AU, discovered as an asteroid by WISE. Update
  127. 2010 HO20, in 2:3 resonance with Jupiter
  128. 2010 GW147, a Centaur ranging from 5.45 to 30.53 AU from the Sun
  129. 2010 GV147, high eccentricity Aten, Mars, Earth, Venus & Mercury crosser
  130. 2009 JO2, WISE recovered this Aten, so it now has a rather good orbit MOID = 0.0552
  131. 2010 GR75, Mars Earth & Venus crosser. Update 20 July 2013: recovered in July 2013 at Mauna Kea.
  132. 2010 GQ75, perihelion at 0.33 AU, comet-like orbit
  133. 2010 GP67, MOID=0.0171
  134. Comet C/2010 G3 (WISE), parabolic orbit, updates 5/8/10, 5/24/10, 6/14/10, 6/22/10. perihelion 4.91 AU
  135. 2010 GH65, comet-like orbit NEO
  136. 2010 GW64, perihelion at 3.7 AU, comet-like orbit
  137. 2010 GX62, PHA MOID = 0.0118 AU
  138. 2010 GW62, Mars, Earth & Venus crosser
  139. 2010 FH92, perihelion at 5.74 AU, comet-like orbit
  140. 2010 GF25, Mars, Earth, Venus & Mercury crosser
  141. 2010 GE25, MOID=0.2158
  142. 2010 GK23, eccentric (e=0.71) Earth crosser
  143. 2010 GJ23, MOID=0.3697
  144. 2010 FJ81, MOID = 0.0888
  145. 2010 FH81, PHA (MOID=0.0347)
  146. 2010 FG81, (MOID=0.0191)
  147. 2010 FC81, PHA (MOID=0.0223)
  148. 2010 FB81, (MOID=0.0401)
  149. 2010 FA81, nearly big enough to be a PHA (MOID=0.0337)
  150. 2010 FZ80, Earth crosser
  151. 2010 FY80, comet-like orbit
  152. 2010 FX80, MOID=0.5638
  153. 2010 EX119, an Earth crosser
  154. Comet C/2010 E3 (WISE)
  155. 2010 EN44, (MOID=0.0187)
  156. Comet C/2010 D4 (WISE), with perihelion distance of 7.2 AU!
  157. 2010 EH20, a fairly big NEO
  158. Comet C/2010 D3 (WISE), a parabolic comet with perihelion at 4.25 AU [Update]
  159. 2010 DJ77, Aten
  160. 2010 DH77, Earth crosser, MOID=0.1294
  161. 2010 DG77, PHA (MOID = 0.0061 AU)
  162. 2010 EX11, Aten, (MOID = 0.0281)
  163. Comet C/2010 D2 (WISE)
  164. 2010 DM56, big PHA (MOID = 0.0068 AU)
  165. 2010 DJ56, Earth Crosser
  166. 2010 DH56, Earth Crosser
  167. 2010 DG56, Dead Comet? Actually not dead: Comet C/2010 DG56 (WISE) . Update: 8/12/10
  168. 2010 DK34, Earth & Venus Crosser
  169. 2010 CN141, very dark PHA (MOID = 0.0431 AU)
  170. 2010 DM21, Earth Crosser
  171. 2010 CR140, i=75 Trojan?
  172. 2010 CP140, Earth Crosser
  173. Comet P/2010 D1 (WISE)
  174. 2010 CC55, Earth Crosser
  175. 2010 CA55, Earth & Venus Crosser
  176. Comet P/2009WJ50 (La Sagra). Previously classified as an asteroid until WISE saw a coma.
  177. 2010 CU19, high inclination and eccentricity Main Belt Asteroid
  178. 2010 CH18, MOID = 0.3107
  179. 2010 CG18, MOID = 0.1260
  180. 1996 GQ, recovered by WISE giving a good orbit (MOID = 0.0201)
  181. 2010 CO1, PHA (MOID = 0.0224)
  182. Comet P/2010 B2 (WISE)
  183. 2010 AG79, MOID = 0.2382
  184. 2010 AB78, the first NEO discovered by WISE. Update: MOID=0.2084
Notes:
MOID is the Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance
PHA is a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid, with MOID < 0.05 AU
and absolute magnitude brighter than 22. AU is astronomical unit, 149.6 million km or 93 million miles
i is the inclination
Apollo asteroids have a > 1 AU but perihelion at < 1.017 AU so they are mainly outside the Earth's orbit
Aten asteroids have a < 1 AU but aphelion at > 0.983 AU so they are mainly interior to the Earth's orbit

JPL's NEO office maintains a list of WISE discoveries, and the MPC maintains a breakdown of NEO discoveries by type and discoverer. WISE is finding about 20-30 percent of the NEOs discovered in 2010.

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