Author Archives: Luca Buzzi

2011 AH5 was discovered by Steve Larson (during the course of the Catalina Sky Survey) on 2011, Jan. 08.34 with the 0.68-m Schmidt on Mt.Bigelow. From our site the first clear night after its discovery was yesterday (between 11 and … Continue reading →

2010 JL33 was discovered by Rik Hill (during the course of the Catalina Sky Survey) using the 1.5-m reflector at Mt.Lemmon on 2010, May 06.37. It was promptly catalogued as a PHA. The asteroid passed to perigee on 2010, Dec. … Continue reading →

I’ve observed these two comets (whose cometary features was discovered by members of the T3 project at the end of December) on 2011, Jan. 02 and their activity now is well visible, especially for P/2002 VP94 (LINEAR). It exhibits a … Continue reading →

The sky cleared in the afternoon of the first day of January, 2011, and it remained clear all night long, with a very good transparency and seeing, below 2″. The night between 1 and 2 of January was our most … Continue reading →

(596) Scheila was discovered on 1906, Feb. 21 by August Kopff from Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory, Germany. It is a “normal” asteroid inside the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter (a = 2.93 AU, e = 0.17, i = 14.66°), with a … Continue reading →

2010 WK was discovered by the LINEAR survey on 2010, Nov. 17, and although its orbit looked like cometary in appearance, it was not in our T3 targets list because its MOID with Jupiter was 1.015 AU (our limit is … Continue reading →

2002 VP94 was discovered by the LINEAR survey on 2002, Nov. 5, and the features in its orbit put it in the T3 targets list. The cometary appearance was first discovered by R.Behrend et al with the 0.80-m reflector from … Continue reading →