
Congratulations to these Brunei citizen scientists on their Provisional discoveries from the previous Asteroid Search campaigns by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC). The provisional detections have a new designation listed in the first column of the table below.
A preliminary detection is the first, original observation of a new asteroid. The asteroid must be observed a second time within the next 7-10 days. If it is, then the detection is changed to provisional status by the Minor Planet Center (MPC). Asteroids with provisional status are maintained in the MPC database for many years, until there have been a sufficient number of observations to fully determine the orbit. That process typically takes 6-10 years, at which point the asteroid is numbered and cataloged by the International Astronomical Union. Numbered asteroids can be named by their citizen scientist discoverers.
Provisional | Orbit Parameter | # Object | Citizen Scientists | Team | Location | Status | Date | Linked | Campaign |
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2021 RE43 | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2021%20RE43 | P11kIVU | H. Ali Ahmad, M. Jamil, S. Jumpo, S. Bhattarai | The Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam | Nepal | Provisional | 09-SEP-2021 | PAB0014 | 2021 September Nepal Asteroid Search Campaign |
2021 TG71 | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2021%20TG71 | P11m9lt | S. Anom, A. Abdullah, H. Aqim, M. Othman, T. Malik, I. Rahman | Panglima Brunei | Nepal | Provisional | 03-OCT-2021 | PGA0002 | 2021 October Nepal Asteroid Search Campaign |
2021 TT40 | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2021%20TT40 | P11m9ez | R. Rosli, J. Yacob, I. Ayob, N. Abidin | Semaun Brunei | Nepal | Provisional | 03-OCT-2021 | SEM0009 | 2021 October Nepal Asteroid Search Campaign |
2022 DC7 | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2022%20DC7 | P21rJrB | H. Ahmad, M. Ahmad, M. Khalid | The Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam | Brunei | Provisional | 27-FEB-2022 | PAB0006 | 2022 FebMar Brunei Asteroid Search Campaign |
2022 DV22 | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2022%20DV22 | P21rFYN | H. Romainor, N. Mahmud, N. Zulkifli | Gandi | Brunei | Provisional | 26-FEB-2022 | GND0001 | 2022 FebMar Brunei Asteroid Search Campaign |
2022 EM11 | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2022%20EM11 | P21stik | H. Ahmad, M. Ahmad, M. Khalid | The Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam | Brunei | Provisional | 06-MAR-2022 | PAB1001 | 2022 FebMar Brunei Asteroid Search Campaign |
2022 DV25 | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2022%20DV25 | P21rFYW | R. Bakar, T. Malik, A. Abdullah, A. Ubaidillah | Kaus | Brunei | Provisional | 26-FEB-2022 | KAU0003 | 2022 FebMar Brunei Asteroid Search Campaign |
Source: International Asteroid Search Collaboration (IASC)
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