[meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 precovery

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Dec 24 17:30:34 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86904EE62A1_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi Sterling,

> The best chance of refining the orbit of 2004 MN4 lies in a search
> for sky photos of the times and places in the past when this object
> should have been visible.

I did this a couple days ago -- alas, it is not predicted to be in
any of the archived imagery from 644 Palomar or 608 Haleakala. And
based on the present orbit, it is not expected to be in any of the
DSS2 or DSS digitized survey plates. Of course as the orbit is
refined, it may come to intersect one of the old survey plates. I
don't have any easy way of telling if it's close to being on one of
the plates or not.

--Rob
Received on Fri 24 Dec 2004 05:26:21 PM PST