Birtwhistle

(2002 CR15 )
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NOW @ 4 CAN 16
FOUND @ 8 LEO 55
 
Inclination: 22.848
Eccentricity: 0.087
Period: 5.601 years
AU 3.154
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

8.2.2002 05:20 Fountain Hills 111w44 33n38 observations 1


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British amateur astronomer Peter Birtwhistle (b. 1958) was measuring positions of comets and NEAs photographically during 1982-1986 and in 2002 began CCD astrometry in Great Shefford, Berkshire. On 2003 Sept. 29 he provided confirmation of 2003 SQ222, whose passage at 84 000 km from the earth is the closest known.


Discovered on 8-2-2002 in Fountain Hills by Juels, C. W., Holvorcem, P. R.

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