Asteroid Discoveries in Fall 2008

October 2008 - Greetings from the International Asteroid Search Campaign
From: Patrick Miller

Congratulations are in order. We have a number of new Main Belt asteroid discoveries!!
Between October 1st and October 12th, a total of 12 new asteroids have been discovered. The complete list of these discoveries, the students, and schools follows at the end of this email.

...Discovery is a 2-step process. The first step is the original discovery. Within 7 days a set of follow-up images has to be taken by the ARI with the asteroid appearing in these images, as well. This is the reason why we ask you to have your students complete their image set analyses within 48 hours to give the ARI sufficient time to take the follow-up images on any of your discoveries.

...Credit for a discovery goes to the students analyzing the follow-up images and not the original image set, in which the asteroid is first observed. This is a requirement of the Minor Planet Center at Harvard, and not of IASC. It's just the way that the MPC keeps track of discoveries....

QSB5697 K. McCrory, Sidney High School, TX - 10/01/08
K08S07B Reagan, Terpe, & Kemppainen, Cordova High School, CA - 10/01/08
K08SK9A Mapes, Howerton, & White, Jefferson High School, VA - 10/01/08
K08SF1W S. Caldwell, Vernon High School, TX - 10/02/08
K08SK9C B. Glass, Hardin-Simmons University, TX - 10/05/08
K08SK9D M. Kran, IASC Astronomer, CA- 10/05/08
K08SK9M Cardenas & Bhalerao, Mountain View Community College, TX - 10/05/08
K08SK9E D. Rothrock, Madisonville Junior High School, TX - 10/05/08
K08SK9B Bedkowski & Zaborowski, Zespó" Szkól nr 7, Szczecin (Poland) - 10/06/08
K08SK9G Ogg & Theiler, Madisonville Junior High School, TX - 10/12/08
K08SK9H Terpe & Kamppainen, Folsom Lake College, CA - 10/12/08
K08SK9F Morin & Jones, Plymouth State University, NH - 10/12/08