NEAT October 2001 Interesting Objects

NEAT discovered 2 comets and 13 Near-Earth asteroids this month-1 Aten, 6 Amors, and 6 Apollos, including 1 larger than 1 km in diameter and 2 PHAs.



Designat. NEAT name & Image Disc. with NEAT/ Date Vel. (deg/day) Mag. Size in km (miles) Orbit Visual. Comment*
2001 TC P64ET7B Palomar 6 Oct 1.6 18 0.25 (0.15) orbit Amor
2001 TE P6QFN7C Palomar 8 Oct 0.7 17 - - Not NEA
2001 TD2 P7GDNDA Palomar 10 Oct 0.8 20 0.6 (0.36) orbit Aten
2001 TS1 P7GSUNC Palomar 10 Oct 0.6 18 - - Not NEA
- P7IJ73B Palomar 10 Oct 0.6 19 - - Not real or lost
2001 TX1 P7J0QVB Palomar 10 Oct 1.2 19 0.3 (0.2) orbit Apollo -- PHA
2001 TE2 P8AUPE MSSS 12 Oct 0.7 20 0.4 (0.24) orbit Apollo
2001 TM7 P8KMSIB Palomar 13 Oct 0.9 21 - - Not NEA -- Mars crosser
C/2001 T3 P90CJZC Palomar 14 Oct 0.2 18 - orbit Comet -- IAUC 7733 -- periodic Jupiter-crosser with 16-y period
C/2001 T4 P9BZ8NC Palomar 15 Oct 0.1 20 - orbit Comet -- IAUC 7738 -- periodic Saturn-crosser with 53-y period
2001 TE45 P9DMI5 MSSS 15 Oct 3.0 21 0.1 (0.06) orbit Apollo
- P9QP8SC Palomar 16 Oct 1.0 20 - - Not real or lost
- P9ZJ4DB Palomar 17 Oct 0.7 20 - - Lost or not real
2001 UG11 PACFKPC Palomar 18 Oct 0.2 21 - - Not NEA
- PAE074A Palomar 18 Oct 0.6 20 - - Not real or lost
2001 UU17 PAOQU7C Palomar 18 Oct 0.2 21 - - Not NEA
2001 UV17 PAQ68HC Palomar 19 Oct 0.4 21 - - Not NEA
2001 TP103 PARHE6C Palomar 19 Oct 0.4 20 0.7 (0.4) orbit Amor-not credited to NEAT
2001 TO13 PAT2FRB Palomar 19 Oct 0.7 20 - - Not NEA
2001 UD5 PATKBUB Palomar 19 Oct 1.4 20 0.2 (0.1) orbit Apollo -- PHA
2001 UV4 PB5A4RB Palomar 20 Oct 0.7 20 - - Not NEA
2001 UW4 PB676FB Palomar 20 Oct 0.4 20 - - Not NEA
- PB8C79 MSSS 20 Oct 1.2 20 - - Not real or lost
2001 UX16 PBGR9VC Palomar 21 Oct 1.1 20 0.2 (0.1) orbit Apollo
2001 UV16 PC6TP2B Palomar 23 Oct 0.7 20 1.0 (0.6) orbit Amor- large
2001 UW16 PCLLGSA Palomar 24 Oct 1.4 19 0.7 (0.4) orbit Amor
2001 UW17 PD8W6FB Palomar 26 Oct 0.7 19 0.5 (0.3) orbit Amor
2001 UE18 PDB3HEB Palomar 26 Oct 1.3 20 0.2 (0.1) orbit Amor
2001 UF18 PDBWSB MSSS 26 Oct 1.7 20 0.5 (0.3) orbit Apollo
2001 UP27 PE0M2NB Palomar 28 Oct 1.3 20 0.3 (0.2) orbit Amor

*Amors, Apollos, and Atens are the three categories of Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Amor asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the outside, Apollo asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, and Aten asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the inside. Potentially Hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are larger than ~200 m (0.1 mile) and approach close enough to present a potential hazard but not a current hazard.