2011 GP59 flew by 1.4 lunar distances
Near Earth Asteroids
I observed 2011 GP59 with x64 frame integration and WAT-120N+ video camera and 8" telescope. Astrometry was reduced from the videos using Tangra and reported to MPC.


Reported astrometry:
Designation | T | Tech | N | Date | Right Ascension | Declination | App Mag | Site code | |||
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yr-mo-day | precision | hr:min:sec | precision | deg min sec | precision | mag/col | |||||
2011GP59 | O | n | 2011-04-14.52366 | 1.000E-06 | 14:03:50.710 | 1.500E-01 | -02° 05' 50.40" | 1.000E-01 | 13.7 R | E24 | |
2011GP59 | O | n | 2011-04-14.52563 | 1.000E-06 | 14:03:41.310 | 1.500E-01 | -02° 06' 49.90" | 1.000E-01 | 13.6 R | E24 | |
2011GP59 | O | n | 2011-04-14.52590 | 1.000E-06 | 14:03:40.010 | 1.500E-01 | -02° 06' 58.20" | 1.000E-01 | 13.6 R | E24 |
Designation | Site code | Date | Right Ascension | Declination | χ | Used A | App Mag | Used M | |||||||
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yr-mo-day | rms | F | bias | residual | rms | F | bias | residual | rms | residual | |||||
2011GP59 | E24 | 2011-04-14.52366 | 1.000 | F | 0.000 | 0.253 | 1.000 | F | 0.000 | 0.074 | 0.28 | Yes | 0.70 | -0.14 | Yes |
2011GP59 | E24 | 2011-04-14.52563 | 1.000 | F | 0.000 | 0.162 | 1.000 | F | 0.000 | 0.179 | 0.26 | Yes | 0.70 | -0.23 | Yes |
2011GP59 | E24 | 2011-04-14.52590 | 1.000 | F | 0.000 | 0.447 | 1.000 | F | 0.000 | 0.245 | 0.54 | Yes | 0.70 | -0.23 | Yes |