[meteorite-list] Hermes found!

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:29 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86901B4EE2C_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi All,

Hermes (aka 1937 UB) has evidently finally been found! It was
recovered by B. A. Skiff at Lowell Observatory-LONEOS shortly
after midnight last night (early this morning), and rapidly
placed on the NEO Confirmation Page by Timothy Spahr in time for
J. Young to make follow-up observations from Table Mountain near
Wrightwood, CA, before dawn this morning. (Table Mountain is
a great weekend camping location for those in the L.A. area).

With this set of measurements spanning 5 hours, Spahr was
able to link the object with a one-night-stand (ONS) observation
by Haleakala-NEAT on October 5th, extending the arc to 10 days.
It was then that Spahr recognized the resulting orbit as being
a match to 1937 UB (Hermes)!

Additional matching ONS observations by LONEOS and Lincoln Laboratory
ETS (New Mexico) were later identified back to August 26th. See
the following Minor Planet Electronic Circular for more details:

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K03/K03T74.html

--Rob
Received on Wed 15 Oct 2003 03:19:37 PM PDT