Rubin and all, that is comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR). It is the second know asteroid impacted by another asteroid.
The first one was discovered by Dave Jewitt a number of years ago. I don't have that one's designation handy at the moment... The most recent impacted, (596) Scheila was discovered by Steve Larson using our 27" (0.69-m) Schmidt telescope last December. I was on our 60" (1.5-m) telescope that night and was able to confirm the discovery just before dawn that morning. Cheers -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 5/21/11, Ruben Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ruben Garcia <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] NASA can't ID Space Object > To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, May 21, 2011, 4:00 PM > NASA can't ID Space Object > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g83ZrMltJO0 > -- > Rock On! > > Ruben Garcia > > Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net > Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ > Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
