Dave Grennan (J41 Raheny) discovers Asteroid 2008 US3

ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2008us3;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem

Interesting angle to the ecliptic.

With an absolute magnitude of 15.2, 2008 US3 has diameter of between 3 and 6 kilometers

:woohoo:
Well done Dave - heartfelt congratulations.

dmcdona wrote:

With an absolute magnitude of 15.2, 2008 US3 has diameter of between 3 and 6 kilometers

Ah, so it's bigger than your then....

Thanks once again for all the the kind comments everyone. It certainly is a bit surreal looking at the orbital diagram on NASA's SSD site and thinking that you actually discovered that rock!

I have cobbled together a bit of an animation and image of 2008 US3 and posted it here;

webtreatz.com/content/view/68/1/

michaeloconnell wrote:
Ah, so it's bigger than your then...

What?? The asteroid?? :laugh: :laugh: