NEAT October 2002 Interesting Objects

In October we discovered 14 NEAs with NEAT: 9 Amors-including 2 > 1km, and 5 Apollos-including 1> 1 km and 2 PHAs. The periodic Comet P/2002 T4 (NEAT) is now linked with Comet 54P/DE Vico-Swift, last seen in 1965. We shared the discovery of Comet P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR). We also discovered one very large Trans-Neptunian Object (the 4^th largest known) and two high-inclination Mars-approaching asteroids.

Designat.	NEAT name & Image	Disc. with NEAT/	Date	Vel. (deg/day)	Mag.	Size in km (miles)	Orbit Visual.	Comment*
2002 TY₅₇	SUOZAR	MSSS	2 Oct	0.2	20	0.5 (0.3)	orbit	Amor
2002 TN₆₅	SV8W73C	Palomar	4 Oct	0.7	20	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TD₅₈	SV8WT0B	Palomar	4 Oct	3.1	19	0.1 (0.06)	orbit	Amor
2002 TE₅₈	SV8YYVC	Palomar	4 Oct	0.5	19	-	-	Not NEA
Comet P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)	SVDKP7A	Palomar	4 Oct	0.1	20	-	orbit	Periodic comet- IAUC 8002 -with perihelion inside of Jupiter and aphelion outside of Jupiter.
2002 TE₆₀	SVPVENA	Palomar	5 Oct	0.5	19	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TG₆₆	SW34MOB	Palomar	6 Oct	2.0	20	0.1 (0.06)	orbit	Apollo
2002 TR₆₇	SWFVLLB	Palomar	7 Oct	1.0	19	0.1 (0.06)	orbit	Amor
2002 TS₆₇	SWGC2JC	Palomar	7 Oct	0.4	18	0.5 (0.3)	orbit	Amor
2002 TT₆₇	SWHPAD	MSSS	7 Oct	0.1	21	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TU₆₈	SWR850A	Palomar	8 Oct	0.6	20	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TX₆₈	SWS5NWC	Palomar	8 Oct	0.4	18	1.0 (0.6)	orbit	Amor-large
2002 TV₆₈	SX1ANCA	Palomar	9 Oct	0.5	19	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TY₆₈	SX2SCHA	Palomar	9 Oct	0.6	20	0.9 (0.5)	orbit	Amor
2002 TQ₆₉	SX5FR3A	Palomar	9 Oct	0.3	19	0.3 (0.2)	orbit	Not NEA by 0.006 AU
2002 TB₇₀	SXFSGMA	Palomar	10 Oct	1.1	20	0.3 (0.2)	orbit	Apollo-PHA
2002 TQ₉₆	SXSQE8A	Palomar	11 Oct	0.5	18	-	-	Not NEA
Comet P/2002 T4 (NEAT)	SXSQEOC	Palomar	11 Oct	0.2	19	-	orbit	Periodic comet- IAUC 7991 -with perihelion between Mars and Jupiter. See IAUC 7992 for the link with Comet 54P/DE Vico-Swift
2002 TS₁₉₀	SYJ9ARB	Palomar	13 Oct	0.8	20	1.0 (0.6)	orbit	Mars-approaching asteroid with high inclination
2002 TP₁₉₀	SYJBFGA	Palomar	13 Oct	0.8	19	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TQ₁₉₀	SZ8QRZB	Palomar	15 Oct	0.05	19	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TX₃₀₀	SZ90RFB	Palomar	15 Oct	0.02	19	900 (540)	orbit	Trans-Neptunian object-4th largest known ("Quaoar" is the largest)
2002 TO₃₀₁	SZB7SRC	Palomar	15 Oct	0.8	20			Probable Apollo but insufficient follow-up
2002 TY₃₀₀	SZBXGZC	Palomar	15 Oct	0.3	20	-	-	Noty NEA
2002 UB	SZM53UB	Palomar	16 Oct	0.5	19	-	-	Not NEA
2002 UA	SZPBE7B	Palomar	16 Oct	0.5	19	-	-	Not NEA
2002 TE₆₀	SZPDKKC	Palomar	16 Oct	0.6	20	-	-	Not NEA
2002 UN	T1QFS0B	Palomar	22 Oct	0.8	17	2.0 (1.2)	orbit	Amor-large
2002 UO	T1UHVJB	Palomar	22 Oct	1.6	18	0.5 (0.3)	orbit	Apollo
-	T2SNB1C	Palomar	25 Oct	1.3	19	-	-	Not confirmed
-	T3A93Q	MSSS	26 Oct	0.6	18	-	-	Not confirmed
2002 UN₃	T3WWM8A	Palomar	28 Oct	0.4	20	0.9 (0.5)	orbit	Amor
2002 UK₁₁	T4CFL9A	Palomar	29 Oct	0.9	20	0.2 (0.1)	orbit	Apollo-PHA
2002 UL₁₁	T4CH7EC	Palomar	29 Oct	0.6	20	0.3 (0.2)	orbit	Amor
2002 UR₃	T4DRGAA	Palomar	29 Oct	0.8	18	2 (1.2)	orbit	Apollo-large, with high inclination and a high eccentricity orbit that crosses Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury
2002 UR₁₂	T4RMVE	MSSS	30 Oct	0.7	20	2.0 (1.2)	orbit	Mars-approaching asteroid with high inclination

*Amors, Apollos, and Atens are the three categories of Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Amor asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the outside, Apollo asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, and Aten asteroids approach the Earth's orbit from the inside. Potentially Hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are larger than ~200 m (0.1 mile) and approach close enough to present a potential hazard but not a current hazard.