2022-01-30, 02:06 PM
Appears to be in the latest MPCORB as the most recent entry with a provisional designation. So just added. This appears to be a find well after close approach if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly.
Number Designation Epoch a e i Node w MA H Slope
0 2022 BZ3 2459600.5 1.8773079 0.1201187 21.76572 102.08986 318.28056 54.47922 19.87 0.15
The really odd thing is that Horizons says "No Matching Bodies Found" and a search at https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search says "Unknown Object: 2022 BZ3". At 7:30CST Jan 30. I'm assuming that those services are just not updated yet which seems strange as that rock "is" in the MPC.
Maybe if I had waited several hours, it would be there.
Also a fresh download of the MPC NEA Today does not bring it in - "No Match". I'm hesitant to get the full MPC using ST for fear of hosing the db but I did it anyway. The download, extraction, reading and epoch building process takes ~30 minutes. Yes, I know, my desktop PC is old and only has 16Gb RAM and an i5 processor ;=[
After doing that, St could find the rock.
My question is would it be better to always do a single minor planet download rather than refresh the full MPC db?
Number Designation Epoch a e i Node w MA H Slope
0 2022 BZ3 2459600.5 1.8773079 0.1201187 21.76572 102.08986 318.28056 54.47922 19.87 0.15
The really odd thing is that Horizons says "No Matching Bodies Found" and a search at https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search says "Unknown Object: 2022 BZ3". At 7:30CST Jan 30. I'm assuming that those services are just not updated yet which seems strange as that rock "is" in the MPC.
Maybe if I had waited several hours, it would be there.
Also a fresh download of the MPC NEA Today does not bring it in - "No Match". I'm hesitant to get the full MPC using ST for fear of hosing the db but I did it anyway. The download, extraction, reading and epoch building process takes ~30 minutes. Yes, I know, my desktop PC is old and only has 16Gb RAM and an i5 processor ;=[
After doing that, St could find the rock.
My question is would it be better to always do a single minor planet download rather than refresh the full MPC db?