Superfast Rotator Project Alert

Target asteroid: 2008 JP24

Discovered: 2008 May 10

Announced: 2008 May 12 16:33 UT

Approx. Size: 20 meters

FTN (F65) Observing Window: Not accessible

FTS (E10) Observing Window: May 13 - May 15 (10:00-17:00 UT)

Magnitude: 19.4-20.0

Angular Speed: 3-5 arcsec/min

Observing Advice:

Filter: R

Photometry Exposure Time: 30 sec and 60 sec (many repeat images required)

Astrometry Exposure Time: 30 sec

Notes: Difficult to prioritise between this object and asteroid 2008 JL24 announced an hour earlier. Fortunately they are in a similar region of the sky separated by about 20 degrees and so observations of both are potentially possible. Give this lower priority initially as it is accessible on May 15 although waxing Moon will increasingly interfere with observations.

Website for asteroid position: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html

For information on getting the asteroid positions from the page above, click here.