P12pZns

L01 · TIČAN STATION

Status

no window

Discovery

digest2 score	83
V magnitude	22.1
H magnitude	18.6
Observations	9
Arc	8.150 d
Not seen	0.61 d
NEOCP note	Updated Sept. 13.88 UT
MPC markers	none

Who observed it

Discovered by	F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala
Telescope	1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
Usual observers	J. Herman, T. Lowe, P. Minguez, A. Schultz, I. Smith
Usual measurers	K. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Fairlamb, H. Gao, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin E. Magnier, Y. Ramanjooloo, R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk
Follow-up from	F52 Pan-STARRS 2, Haleakala ×6

Names are the people who usually observe at that site, from Project Pluto's tables. MPC's astrometry records only the observatory code, never the individual, so these are not the observer of this particular object. Automated surveys list a telescope and no people.

Orbit

Perihelion q	1.2982 AU
Eccentricity e	0.3990
Inclination	22.0°
NEO-like	yes
Scatteredness	3″ × 7″
Observed from L01	no

Tonight

Best altitude	no window
Exposure	—
Window	0 min
Alt / Az now	—
Sky motion	—
Moon separation	—
Sun altitude	—
Ephemeris rows	0 of 26 usable tooSlow×15, nearSun×8, tooLate×3

Sky-plane uncertainty

Variant orbits	2
Distinct positions	2
Cloud extent	±3″ RA · ±7″ Dec
Scatteredness	3″ × 7″
L01 field	2600″ × 2600″
One pointing covers	100.0%

Drawn from MPC's own variant-orbit offsets, at the same epoch as their plot. Each orbit is one solution consistent with the observations so far; the ring marks the nominal position, and the field box appears only when it is comparable in size to the cloud.

Dot size shows how many variants share a position. MPC publishes these offsets rounded to whole arcseconds, so a tightly constrained object has thousands of orbits landing on a handful of grid points — their own picture is drawn from unrounded values and looks smoother. Sizing by count puts that density back rather than stacking invisible dots. Hover any dot for its share.