<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the object A10i6zC on the NEOCP is pretty obviously an artsat:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><pre> Perigee 2019 Nov 20.909404 +/- 0.0275 TT = 21:49:32 (JD 2458808.409404)
Epoch 2019 Nov 21.0 TT = JDT 2458808.5 AutoNEOCP
M 33.13518455 +/- 8 (J2000 equator)
n 365.74775320 +/- 15.3 Peri. 193.14340 +/- 0.7
a 41797.3801 +/- 1165 Node 41.26207 +/- 0.21
e 0.6862850 +/- 0.0149 Incl. 32.72596 +/- 0.15
P1417.34m/0.984d <a title="Size is probably 80 to 170 cm" href="https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/Sizes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">H</a> 32.7 G 0.15 U 14.6
q 13112.4616 +/- 1008 Q 70482.2986 +/- 1379
>From 5 observations 2019 Nov. 21 (46.9 min); mean residual 0".16</pre></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">and based on the orbit, I figured I'd check if it was any one of the many geocentric transfer debris we know of. The best fit I could find was ztf01nf, discovered around this time last year:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="http://www.projectpluto.com/pluto/mpecs/ztf01nf.htm">www.projectpluto.com/pluto/mpecs/ztf01nf.htm</a></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><pre> Perigee 2018 Nov 14.679965 +/- 0.00239 TT = 16:19:09 (JD 2458437.179965)
Epoch 2018 Nov 15.0 TT = JDT 2458437.5 Gray
M 120.40721599 +/- 0.58 (J2000 equator)
n 376.23157195 +/- 1 Peri. 200.98066 +/- 0.06
a 41017.2633 +/- 72.9 Node 37.37637 +/- 0.0018
e 0.7805021 +/- 0.000384 Incl. 32.97280 +/- 0.0054
P1377.85m/0.957d <a title="Size is probably 34 to 80 cm" href="https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/Sizes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">H</a> 34.4 G 0.15 U 12.7
q 9003.20195 +/- 28.5 Q 73031.3248 +/- 121
>From 6 observations 2018 Nov. 15 (3.2 hr); mean residual 0".417</pre></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the main problem with the linkage is that the eccentricity seems to have inexplicably decreased while keeping the semimajor axis roughly the same. Otherwise, the linkage seems pretty solid.<br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">~Sam<br></div></div></div></body></html>