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Virtual Impactor Observations in

NASA's Near Earth Object

Observations Program

This project is supported by NASA grants NNX07AR16G and EPO-07-813

This table represents Virtual Impactor observations made in the NEO Follow-up Project.  This table contains Near Earth Objects that have been measured by students and instructors with data sent to the Minor Planet Center that were removed as a Virtual Impactor risk.  All participating schools and students will be recognized for their astrometric measures to the MPC.  Schools and students with incomplete data in this table, please contact the Astronomical Research Institute with additional information.  More information about Virtual Impactors may be found at the end of this page.  See this important page for details on observations for the removal of 2008FL7 as a Virtual Impactor by Sergio Foglia.    

37 Virtual Impactors Removed by ARO Observations 

2007-2008 School Year

School or Observatory

Student Researcher

NEO

Date of Observation
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC H. Devore 2008LV16 2008/06/22.284018
ARO R. Holmes 2008LW16 2008/06/21.264282
ARO R. Holmes 2008LB 2008/06/08.244111
ARO R. Holmes 2008KX2 2008/05/30.252376
ARO R. Holmes 2008JQ 2008/05/10.242169
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC K. Flanary 2008HB38 2008/05/04.208464
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC W. Lovett 2008HE3 2008/05/04.185033
ARO R. Holmes 2008HO3 2008/05/03.258250
(MVC) J. Bhalerao 2008HE 2008/04/22.159632
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC K. Kelley 2008HE 2008/04/22.159632
  B. Lanuszny, Z. Adamus, K. Gibinski, A. Mucha 2008GA110 2008/04/16.285911
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC K. Kelley 2008GA110 2008/04/16.285911
(MVC) J. Bhalerao 2008GG 2008/04/06.273585
Poland (ZSL) £. Bochenek, R.Borek, Libiaz 2008GG 2008/04/06.273585
ARO R. Holmes 2008GK 2008/04/05.307054
Italy Foglia S. 2008FL7 2008/04/02.315990
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC W. Lovett 2008FL7 2008/04/02.315990
Escola Secundária de Alvide M. Borges 2008EC69 2008/03/20.356052
Thomas Jefferson H.S. P. Egelbrektsson, A. McCormack 2008DX22 2008/03/01.102256
(BSU) A. Keibler, H. Campbell 2008DG4 2008/02/28.152094
(CNC) M. Zhou, OL.Zhao, X.Guo 2008DV 2008/02/28.032566
ARO R. Holmes 2008CC119 2008/02/14.361211
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC H. Devore 2008CE6 2008/02/09.404605
Italy Foglia S. 2008CJ 2008/02/03.289904
ARO R. Holmes 2007YV56 2008/01/27.149672
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC H. Devore 2008AS28 2008/01/25.044025
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC E. Wade 2007YM56 2008/01/03.313329
ARO R. Holmes 2007YF 2007/12/18.027182
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC M. Parham 2007VN243 2007/11/28.215547
ARO R. Holmes 2007WV4 2007/11/27.323284
ARO R. Holmes 2007WC 2007/11/17.330942
North Mt. Hermon High School Y.Li 2007VJ8 2007/11/07.264139
ARO R. Holmes 2007TC14 2007/10/10.206860
ARO R. Holmes 2007TL15 2007/10/17.195579
ARO R. Holmes 2007TV18 2007/10/13.046719
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC H. Devore 2007RV9 2007/09/16.092820
ARO R. Holmes 2007RT9 2007/09/16.152742
ARO R. Holmes 2007RV19 2007/09/15.066722
ARO R. Holmes 2007RP12 2007/09/13.218090
ARO R. Holmes 2007RF1 2007/09/04.109662
Cape Fear H.S. Fayetteville, NC H. Devore 2007PV27 2007/08/29.109955

About Virtual Impactors

Whenever a newly discovered NEA is posted on the Sentry Impact Risk Page, by far the most likely outcome is that the object will eventually be removed as new observations become available, the object's orbit is improved, and its future motion is more tightly constrained. As a result, several new NEAs each month may be listed on the Sentry Impact Risk page, only to be removed shortly afterwards. This is a normal process, completely expected. The removal of an object from the Impact Risk page does not indicate that the object's risk was evaluated mistakenly: the risk was real until additional observations showed that it was not.   For more details concerning Virtual Impact risks, visit the NASA/JPL website at http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/doc/sentry.html