A Provisional Discovery -- At Last!!
Congratulations to T. Makwana & N. Koralkar from Coinstar. Their preliminary discovery of AHSH25 made on August 2nd has been followed-up with a second observation. It is reclassified as the provisional discovery 2011 AP4.
A provisional discovery is followed by the Minor Planet Center for a number of years (typically 3-6 years). During that time any further observations will be used to fully define the orbit. When the orbit is fully defined, the asteroid is numbered and placed into the world's official minor planet cataloged maintained by the International Astronomical Union (Paris).
Congratulations to T. Makwana & N. Koralkar from Coinstar. Their preliminary discovery of AHSH25 made on August 2nd has been followed-up with a second observation. It is reclassified as the provisional discovery 2011 AP4.
A provisional discovery is followed by the Minor Planet Center for a number of years (typically 3-6 years). During that time any further observations will be used to fully define the orbit. When the orbit is fully defined, the asteroid is numbered and placed into the world's official minor planet cataloged maintained by the International Astronomical Union (Paris).
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